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Gungwu Wang
World Scientific Publishing Company

Joining the Modern World: Inside and Outside China

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AuthorGungwu Wang
PublisherWorld Scientific Publishing Company
PublishedNov 01 2011
Book FormatPaperback
ISBN-139789810244880
Dimensions8.52 X 6 X 0.43 inches
Weight 0.53 pounds
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CategoriesPolitical Science > Political Economy
LanguageEnglish

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Book Description

For the past century, all kinds of Chinese people seemed to have tried to be modern. At the same time, the standards of modernity have been set elsewhere and they seem always to be higher than what has been achieved. That makes most Chinese work harder, but some may well wonder if standards rise so that China will always get a poor report card at the end of each year.The ongoing drama of Chinese people seeking to be modern has been enacted in different parts of the world. There are interesting differences among these Chinese, depending on where they have been living. The general trend, however, is unmistakable. The striving for betterment is supported by a strong capacity to adapt and change, and this is reflected in the way the Chinese seize new opportunities when they occur. The essays here describe some of these efforts both inside and outside China, and form a small mosaic of Chinese practising the art of modernising.

Author Bio

Professor Wang Gungwu is the Chairman of the East Asian Institute and University Professor, National University of Singapore. He is also Emeritus Professor of the Australian National University.

His books since 2008 include, in English: The Eurasian Core and its Edges: Dialogues with Wang Gungwu on the history of the world. (2015); Another China Cycle: Committing to Reform (2014); Renewal: The Chinese State and the New Global History (2013); Wang Gungwu: Educator and Scholar, edited by Zheng Yongnian and Phua Kok Khoo (2013); Wang Gungwu, Junzi, Scholar-gentleman, edited by Asad Latif (2010).

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Professor Wang is a Commander of the British Empire (CBE); Fellow, and former President, of the Australian Academy of the Humanities; Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Science; Member of Academia Sinica; Honorary Member of the Chinese Academy of Social Science. He was conferred the International Academic Prize, Fukuoka Asian Cultural Prizes.

Professor Wang received his B.A. (Hons) and M.A. degrees from the University of Malaya in Singapore, and his Ph.D. at the University of London (1957). His teaching career took him from the University of Malaya (Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, 1957-1968, Professor of History 1963-68) to The Australian National University (1968-1986), where he was Professor and Head of the Department of Far Eastern History and Director of the Research of Pacific Studies. From 1986 to 1995, he was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong. He was Director of East Asian Institute of NUS from 1997 to 2007.

Research Interests

Chinese History
The Chinese Overseas
Nationalism
Migrations

Source: National University of Singapore

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