The Chinese diaspora and its identity

By JEFFERY SNGThe writer gives his take on a book written about the eminent Asian intellectual, scholar and historian Wang Gungwu.PERHAPS more than anyone else Wang Gungwu has highlighted the complex dilemmas facing Overseas Chinese and their interaction with China. In a world dominated by Western science, thought and scholarship, Wang Gungwu has succeeded in being recognised internationally, as one of the world’s leading historians on China and Southeast Asia.Wang Gyngwu: Junzi Scholar -

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