I have found this report that reports Dr. Patrick Mendis, a friend of Dr. Dave Wang, and a Rajawali senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, at a forum in Tsinghua University to discuss his research on the Chinese culture and American civilization.
An educator, diplomat, and member of the U.S. State Department's National Commission for UNESCO, the Harvard scholar shared his research and insight regarding the intellectual traditions and architectural symbols of the Confucian and Greco-Roman heritage that inspired America's founding fathers in their atypical pursuit to establish a flourishing new republic across the Atlantic Ocean.
The above picture shows that Dr. Mendis has familiar with Dr. Dave Wang's research and quoted in his book, now has been translated into Chinese.
The influence of the great classical scholars of Greece and Rome is easily discovered in the Greco-Roman facades and architectural design of Washington, D.C., and its Federal Buildings and the surrounding sculptures. But the most popular writings of the founding fathers demand a more concerted scholarly effort to locate and identify the Confucian inspiration in America's founding. In his scholarly research, Professor Mendis focused on primary sources and historical references, both in the U.S. and Europe, to illustrate China's contribution to the early American republic.
The above is from http://china.org.cn/china/2016-07/21/content_38922645.htm
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