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简历 (English)

中印友好先锋 Kumārajīva：中国观点 (English)

English

Personally, I have been stubbornly opposed to interpreting the relations of China and India from a purely geopolitical perspective, especially those writings that portray the two countries as fierce competitors and rivals. To me, the narrow geo-political paradigm is irrelevant to the relations of China and India, which have accumulated civilizational maturity for millennia. What we need now is a new, geo-civilizational paradigm. I have become a strong advocate of the ideal of 'Chindia' since the coining of the term by Jairam Ramesh in the title of his book, Making Sense of Chindia. While expounding this concept in China, I have enjoyed the support of a number of Chinese scholars, one of whom is Professor Wang Dehua. In the 'Postscript' to the Chinese book, Long-xiang Gongwu, Wang writes that the book aims to 'add tiles and bricks' to the edifice of 'Chindia'. It was Wang Dehua who first conceived 'long-xiang gongwu' (dragon-elephant tango) as an analogy for the ideal of 'Chindia'. The analogy is strongly opposed to the idea of 'dragon-elephant rivalry/battle' (long xiangzhi zheng), a concept that enjoys currency in certain quarters of the world. I hope this book can win over objective opinion to the analogy of the rhythmic mutuality and complementarity of the 'dragon-elephant tango'.

Tan Chung, Rise of the Asian Giants: Dragon-Elephant Tango (2008), pp.xvii-xviii

Based in Shanghai, Prof. Wang Dehua is a leading China expert on South Asian studies, whose work covers a broad range of domains, disciplines and activities. Among his current and former positions are:

• President, Special Commission for South-Asian Studies, Shanghai Association for International Relations
• Director, Institute for South and Central Asia Studies
• Vice President, Shanghai Institute for International Strategic Studies
• Advisor to China Association for South-Asian Studies
• Senior fellow, Center for National Strategic Studies, Shanghai Jiaotong University
• Former Vice President, Institute of Information Science, SASS
• Former Vice President, Shanghai Association for Ecological Economic Studies
• Former Executive Council Member, China Association for Social Information Science Studies
• Former Council Member, China Association for Asia and Africa Studies

Among his several books are Dragon and Elephant: A Comparative Study of Rising China and India In 21st Century; Contending Powers and Securities in the Asia-Pacific Region; and Indian Ocean: whether China needs an Indian Ocean Strategy. He has also published papers on globalization, security policies, Soviet-Indian relations, Indian economy, society and culture. Has given more than 100 lectures in numerous countries while having traveled to the USA, UK, France, Germany, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Israel, Thailand, Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Egypt, etc.

Prof. Wang Dehua was introduced to me by his longtime collaborator, now in Chicago, Prof.Tan Chung, when I informed the latter doyen of Sino-Indian friendship of our plans to visit China for the first time in June-July 2016. As academic host during our eye-opening week in Shanghai, Prof. Wang arranged my talks at the Institute of International and Political Affairs (with Dean Prof. Liping Xia) at Tongji University  on "China-US Relations" (June 28) and on "Sino-Indian Friendship from a Diaspora Perspective” (July 1) at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (with the Deputy Director of its Institute of Economics, Prof. Shen Kaiyan). After my slide presentations, Elizabeth and I were fortunate to be able to pursue our informal exchanges over the lavish Chinese dinners that followed. To make Prof. Wang's writings and translations more widely available and thereby expand and strengthen our collaboration, he has kindly agreed to their online posting at this svAbhinava Chindia initiative. Wang’s vision, like that of Tan Chung, is firmly grounded in the deep history of the two sister civilizations. 

Curriculum Vitae (October 2016)

Goa summit primed for China-India cooperation (Global Times) - 13 Oct. 2016

Maritime Security & International Cooperation in East Asia & Indo-Pacific Region (2016)

Jabin T. Jacob, China-Sri Lanka Ties Post-Rajapaksa: Major Changes Unlikely (Jan 2015)

A Pivotal Turn in Global Climate Governance (Nov. 2013)

Sino-Indian Friendship Forerunner Kumārajīva (Jan 2012)

China and India are true friends, partners (14 Oct. 2009), Rediff

Singapore to Help Revive Nalanda (Nov. 2006)

Globalization and National Identity - Dec 2004

Rui Chuanming - Wu Zetian’s Religious Belief (translation, SASS 2003)

Globalization & Revitalization of the Silk Routes (Dec 1999)

Gundi Chan - How to write Classical Chinese Poetry (translation)