Short Biography

XU Guoqi is David Chang Professor of Chinese history and the founding director of the Institute of Transnational History of China at the University of Hong Kong. He received Ph.D in history from Harvard University and is the author of the following books in English: The Idea of China: A Contested History; Asia and the Great War: A Shared History; Chinese and Americans: A Shared History; Strangers on the Western Front: Chinese Workers in the Great War; the Olympic Dream: China and Sports, 1895-2008; China and the Great War. His works in Chinese language includes: 《体育作为方法：另一个角度看中国文化传统》；《难问西东集》；《边缘人偶记》；《文明的交融》；《为文明出征》；《奥林匹克之梦：体育视野下的中国与世界， 1895-2050》.

Project

China and the world since 15th century

This book-length project examines how modern China emerged from the 15th century to present. It tries to answer the questions how China becomes China and Chinese become China from transnational and shared history perspective.