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  • China Reconnects: Joining A Deep-rooted Past To A New World Order

    by Gungwu Wang ...
    'The book is engaging, informative, and provocative and can profitably be read by undergraduates and professors alike. You do not have to agree with the dean of China studies to learn from him.'China Review InternationalThe book shows how the Chinese are now confident of their capacity to learn all they need from the developed world and are keen to know which parts of the past they would need to ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Roads to Chinese Modernity

    Civilisation and National Culture

    by Gungwu Wang ...
    What is China? While many perceive it as a rising power challenging Western dominance, eminent historian Professor Gungwu Wang posits that the country has no ambitions on that front. In this illuminating book comprised of edited transcripts of selected lectures, it offers his interpretation of the answer. He traces China's roots as an ancient, borderless Sinic civilisation with a distinctive past ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • No Borders

    Journeys Across Islands and Continents

    by Gungwu Wang ...
    No Borders: Journeys Across Islands and Continents is the autobiography of eminent historian Professor Wang Gungwu. Respected the world over for his interpretation of the Sinic civilisation, he delves into his own annals to tell his story. From vantage points in Malaya, London, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore, he has witnessed the trials and tribulations of China over the last 80 years — even ... Read more

    $24.19 CAD

  • Home Is Not Here

    by Wang Gungwu ...
    A fascinating reflection on family, identity, and belonging.As someone who has studied history for much of my life, I have found the past fascinating. But it has always been some grand and even intimidating universe that I wanted to unpick and explain to myself.Wang Gungwu is one of Asia’s most important public intellectuals. He is best known for his explorations of Chinese history in the long ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Living with Civilisations

    Reflections on Southeast Asia's Local and National Cultures

    by Gungwu Wang ...
    Series series IPS-Nathan Lecture Series
    Professor Wang Gungwu is the Institute of Policy Studies' 12th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore. This book is an edited collection of his four IPS-Nathan Lectures, delivered from November 2022 to March 2023, and includes highlights of his question-and-answer segments with our audience.The Southeast Asian region is home to a set of diverse local cultures and distinct local identities. ... Read more

    $24.19 CAD

  • Global History And Migrations

    by Gungwu Wang ...
    Humans have been on the move for millennia. They have done so slowly as well as quickly, sometimes involuntarily, sometimes transported by force, often relocated at great cost in lives, but they have always moved. Over the centuries, improved transportation has eased the movement, even in the face of man-made or natural obstacles. But in modern times, migration has accelerated and its reach has ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

  • Lee Kuan Yew Through The Eyes Of Chinese Scholars

    by Gungwu Wang, Chen Ning Yang, Ying-shih Yu ...
    Lee Kuan Yew through the Eyes of Chinese Scholars is a compilation of essays by highly-respected Chinese scholars in which they evaluate the life, work and philosophy of Lee Kuan Yew, founding Prime Minister of Singapore. Presenting a range of views from a uniquely Chinese/Asian perspective, this book provides valuable insights for those who wish to gain a fuller and deeper understanding of Lee ... Read more

    $16.49 CAD

  • Home Is Where We Are

    by Wang Gungwu, Margaret Wang ...
    Does home have to be a country or a city?... Or is home this house or that? We have been fortunate.... We seemed always to have been home.Wang Gungwu’s account of his university education in Singapore and the UK, and the early years of his career as an academic in Malaysia captures the excitement, the ambition, and the choices of a generation that saw it their responsibility to build the new ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • China: Development And Governance

    by Gungwu Wang, Yongnian Zheng ...
    China has achieved significant socio-economic progress and has become a key player on the international stage after several decades of open-door and reform policy. Looking beyond China's transformation, this book focusses on the theme of governance which is widely regarded as the next most critical element to ensure that China's growth remains sustainable.Today, China is confronted with a host of ... Read more

    $41.79 CAD

  • China And Southeast Asia: Myths, Threats, And Culture

    by Gungwu Wang ...
    Series Book 13 - East Asian Institute Contemporary China Series
    The reemergence of China as a political force has triggered sharp reassessments of its future role in the Asia-Pacific region. There has been much hyperbole about China's economic power, especially if it is linked with the entrepreneurial talents of the ubiquitous Chinese spread around the globe. Some countries have been encouraged to sound warning bells about China's future ambitions to dominate ... Read more

    $18.69 CAD

  • Voice of Malayan Democracy

    The Communist Party of Malaya's Revived Radio War (19811990)

    by Weichong Ong, Gungwu Wang ...
    The Voice of Malayan Democracy (VMD) was a clandestine radio station of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM); it broadcasted from 1981 to 1990. The VMD broadcasts provide a glimpse into the CPM's world view in the latter part of the so-called Second Emergency (1968–89) and the Cold War. Why did the CPM continue its armed struggle despite dwindling international and local support? This book presents ... Read more

    $129.79 CAD

  • Chinese Circulations

    Capital, Commodities, and Networks in Southeast Asia

    by Wang Gungwu, Anthony Reid ...
    Chinese merchants have traded with Southeast Asia for centuries, sojourning and sometimes settling, during their voyages. These ventures have taken place by land and by sea, over mountains and across deserts, linking China with vast stretches of Southeast Asia in a broad, mercantile embrace. Chinese Circulations provides an unprecedented overview of this trade, its scope, diversity, and complexity ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD