Professor Wang Gungwu received his BA and MA from the University of Malaya in Singapore, and his PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. He was Professor of History at University of Malaya and Professor of Far Eastern History at Australian National University. From 1986 to 1995, he was Vice-Chancellor of University of Hong Kong.

His recent books include China Reconnects: Joining a Deep-rooted Past to a New World Order (2019); Home is not Here (2018); Nanyang: Essays on Heritage (2018); The Eurasian Core and it Edges: dialogues on world history with Ooi Kee Beng (2015); Another China Cycle: Committing to Reform (2014); and Renewal: The Chinese State and New Global History (2013).