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Dr Wang’s New Publication!

We are excited to announce Dr Wang’s new book, Chinese Explored Asia Long Before the Europeans: An Ancient World Map Tells All. Now available in Asia and soon to be released worldwide.

Dr Wang’s Up-Comming Appearances on 3rd, 4th & 5th September 2025

We are pleased to announce that on the 3rd of September 2025, Dr Sheng-Wei Wang will be a presenter at the 2025 Commonwealth of World Chinatowns Conference (Ancient Maritime Silk Road to the Cosmos) in… 

An Ancient World Map Depicts West and Central Asia in 1433

As fall approaches and the leaves change, most of us look forward to the start of the holiday season. Meanwhile, Dr Wang has been busy studying the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu 《坤輿萬國全圖/坤舆万国全图》once more to demonstrate that… 

Where are Shui Chao Feng 水潮峰 and Snow Mountain 雪山, cited on the first Chinese world map?

As the summer warmth sets in, Dr Wang continues the search to match the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu 《坤舆万国全图》to their real life counterparts. In this sneakpeak of her article, Dr. Wang examines whether the Shui Chao… 

5 June 2024 Royal Geographical Society (Hong Kong)

We are pleased to announce that on 5 June 2024, Dr Sheng-Wei Wang will give a talk at the Royal Geographical Society (Hong Kong), about her new book, Chinese Global Exploration in the pre-Columbian era:… 

An Ancient World Map Depicts Korea in 1433, Long Before the Arrival of the First Europeans

As Autumn (or Spring for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere) approaches and school begins for many, Dr Wang has found new information to learn in the coming year. In history classes, Dr Wang’s… 

A Chinese-Based World Map Depicts Europe Between 1157 and 1166

When we think of Sino-European relations, we think of the Silk Road or today’s heated politics in Europe. But as today’s world has shown us, reality is much more complicated. In today’s paper, once more… 

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