# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wang-gungwu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:48:47.999Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wang-gungwu"
name: "Wang Gungwu"
slug: "wang-gungwu"
description: "Wang Gungwu, also written Wang Gung Wu, is a Chinese Australian historian, sinologist, and writer specialising in the history of China and Southeast Asia. He has studied and written about the Chinese diaspora. An expert on the Chinese tianxia concept, he was the first to suggest its application to the contemporary world as an American tianxia. He is the recipient of many honours and awards, including the Singapore Literature Prize at age 91."
tagline: "Chinese Australian historian, sinologist, and writer"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1930-10-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           12.157032
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump