Wang Gungwu | |
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 Wang Gungwu speaking at an event in 2010 | |
| Born | 9 October 1930 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Malaya School of Oriental and African Studies |
| Known for | Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, University Professor of the National University of Singapore, Doyen of Overseas Chinese historical scholarship |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sinology |
| Institutions | University of Malaya Australian National University University of Hong Kong National University of Singapore |
| Doctoral advisor | Denis C. Twitchett |
| Doctoral students | Huang Jianli, Ng Chin-Keong |
Wang Gungwu, AO, CBE (王赓武; 王賡武; Wáng Gēngwǔ; born 9 October 1930)[1] is an Australian historian, sinologist, and writer specialising in the history of China and Southeast Asia.[2] He has studied and written about the Chinese diaspora, but he has objected to the use of the word diaspora to describe the migration of Chinese from China because both it mistakenly implies that all overseas Chinese are the same and has been used to perpetuate fears of a "Chinese threat", under the control of the Chinese government.[3] An expert on the Chinese tianxia ("all under heaven") concept, he was the first to suggest its application to the contemporary world as an American Tianxia.[4]
- ^ "WANG, Gungwu". International Who's Who. Retrieved 1 September 2006.
- ^ "Wang Gungwu". Fukuoka Prize. 1994. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- ^ "Asian Affairs interview with Wang Gungwu". Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2006.
- ^ Wang, Gungwu. "Wang Gungwu 王赓武 on Tianxia 天下". The China Story. Australian Centre on China in the World. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2017.