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No Borders
Journeys Across Islands and Continents
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In No Borders, Wang Gungwu recounts journeys across islands and continents to reflect on the shifting meanings of borders, identity, and history in Asia.
Drawing on his personal life—from Ipoh to Nanjing, Malaya, Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore—he links individual experience with broader historical patterns.
The book examines how empires, nation-states, and civilizations create and erase boundaries, and how people adapt across changing political geographies.
Interweaving memoir, historiography, and commentary, Wang uses regional case studies to illustrate continuity and change across time.
The work highlights the Chinese diaspora, cross-cultural exchange, and the historian’s task of learning lessons from the past to understand the present and future.
Drawing on his personal life—from Ipoh to Nanjing, Malaya, Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore—he links individual experience with broader historical patterns.
The book examines how empires, nation-states, and civilizations create and erase boundaries, and how people adapt across changing political geographies.
Interweaving memoir, historiography, and commentary, Wang uses regional case studies to illustrate continuity and change across time.
The work highlights the Chinese diaspora, cross-cultural exchange, and the historian’s task of learning lessons from the past to understand the present and future.
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