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.
New Asia Currents: NAC Focus adds Dr. Wang’s work
We are pleased to announce the New Asia Currents: NAC Focus has added four new webpages featuring Dr Sheng-Wei Wang’s work on pre-Columbian Chinese voyages.
NAC Focus archives editorial projects on specific subjects to supplement the 2025 release of New Asia Currents. New Asia Currents outlines their editorial purposes, audience and objectives here. These include publising projects for people interested in “Frontiers of Art, Science & Human Civilisations”.
Determining the Origin and Era of Asia as Depicted to the North of China on the First Chinese World Map
While the rest of us are now in the full swing of fall with school, work and anticipation of the holiday season, Dr Wang has new findings on the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu《坤輿萬國全圖/坤舆万国全图》, specifically, the region… Determining the Origin and Era of Asia as Depicted to the North of China on the First Chinese World Map
The Zheng He Cultural and Art Festival and the Maritime Silk Road Expo
We are pleased to announce that on 11 July 2024, Dr Wang attended the The Zheng He Cultural and Art Festival and the Maritime Silk Road Expo after an invitation by the Jiangsu Provincial Zheng… The Zheng He Cultural and Art Festival and the Maritime Silk Road Expo
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… Where are Shui Chao Feng 水潮峰 and Snow Mountain 雪山, cited on the first Chinese world map?
An Ancient World Map Depicts China in 1433
While most of us are thinking of summer holidays at the beach as summer approaches, Dr Wang has been busy studying the Chinese portion of the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu 《坤輿萬國全圖/坤舆万国全图》(abbreviated as KWQ) or Complete Geographical Map… An Ancient World Map Depicts China in 1433
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 new discovery shows that the map, Kunyu Wanguo Quantu 《坤輿萬國全 圖/坤舆万国全图》, by Matteo Ricci continues to derive from Chinese sources – this time in regards to the Korean peninsula. As with her previous findings, the information is not of Europeans sources as the Eurocentric history once led us to believe. Below is a sneak-peek at her up-coming work on the Korean peninsula!
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 Dr Wang has a unique view on the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu《坤舆 万国全图》or Complete Geographical Map of All the Kingdoms of the World published by Matteo Ricci in 1602 in China. Here, she argues that this map shows a glimpse of the complicated European political landscape between 1157 and1166 which overlaps with the Southern Song Dynasty. Furthermore, she argues that a Sino-European relationship goes back long before the Common Era.