586. Benjamin Franklin For Kids Cites Dr. Dave Wang's Works

I would like to take this opportunity to show my readers that Dr. Dave Wang's paper, Benjamin Franklin and China. This serves as an indicator that his research become more and more popular in the nation. No doubt, his study of the founders' connection with traditional Chinese civilization opens another window for us to further understand the history of the United States. 

585. Dr. Dave Wang's Article Discussed at European Forum on US and China Relations

In January 2020 in Amsterdam, Holland, the International Forum, China's Rise in a Liberal World Order in Transition was held. Dr. Nana de Graaff, an Associate Professor of Political Science in the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam wrote an introduction to the Forum. In his review article, Dr. Dave Wang's paper, "Confucius in American Founding: The Founders' Efforts to Use Confucian Moral Philosophy to Create New Virtue for the New Nation, Virginia Review of Asian Studies,  vol. 16, 2015, 11-26. 

In addition to be Associate Professor in Political Science and International Relations at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Dr. Nana de Graaff also serves as Director of Studies for the BSc and MSc Political Science at this department and Programme director of the Graduate School of Social Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Dr. Nana de Graaff is is Chair of the EU COST Action 18215 China in Europe Research Network. She was a Honorary Fellow (2016-2017), at the Department of International Politics, City University of London and is board member of the Dutch Political Science Association (NKWP, Nederlandse Kring voor de Wetenschap der Politiek) since 2015.  

Below I will quote her article, "The point is that within the narratives of American and Chinese relations, it is possible to tell a story of mutually shared interests and values, extending into the deep past, to provide ideational scaffoldings to economic and financial interdependence (see Chang 2011 on shared underlying philosophical ideas and values of universalism, and equal human worth, between the United States and China; and Dave Wang, 2014 on the Influence of Confucian values and thought on the revolutionary years of the American Republic. (see the snapshots below for more information on the International forum and Dr. Nana de Graaff 's review of the forum. Thank Dr. Nana de Graaff' s great review. 

584. Thomas Jefferson: A Modern Prometheus Quotes Dr Dave Wang' s Paper

In his book, Thomas Jefferson: A Modern Prometheus, Professor Wilson Jeremiah Moses, a well known African American historian, who is teaching at Pennsylvania State University.  From the below snapshot, we can tell that he cited Dr. Dave Wang's Paper, "Ideas from the East: American Founders and Chinese Wisdom."

583. Raising The Flag Quotes Dr. Dave Wang's Paper

In his book, Raising the Flag: America's First Envoysin Faraway Lands, published in 2018, Mr. Peter Eicher quotes Dr. Dave Wang's paper, Benjamin Franklin and China: Benjamin Franklin and China ---A Survey ofBenjamin Franklin’s Efforts at Drawing Positive Elements from ChineseCivilization during the Formative Age of the United States. 

It is widely know that the United States sent envoys to China to advance American interests. However not much academic research has been done about these first envoys until now. The author of the book, Mr. Eicher, is a  retired U.S. Foreign Service officer who served in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Pacific. In this book, he "profiles the characters who influenced the formative period of American diplomacy and the first steps the United States took as a world power."  

582. Benjamin Franklin for Kids: Amazing People of the World

I came across this book, Benjamin Franklin For Kids: Amazing People of the World, today. It is my pleasure to report to my readers that Dr. Dave Wang' s Paper, Benjamin Franklin and China: A Survey of Benjamin Franklin's Efforts at Drawing Positive Elements from Chinese Civilization during the Formative Age of the United States. As for more information, please read the following snapshots: 

581. Confucian Influence on the United States

With this post I would like to show that impact of Dr. Dave Wang's examination of Confucian influence on the United States. Below is the snapshot from the Google search. The first one, Confucius and Benjamin Franklin, is my article based on my speech at the academic conference in New York in April 2017. Next is that The Routledge Companion to Transnational American Studies,  a valuable reference book for students in American studies worldwide, quotes my academic articles. The third is that, China Through American Eyes: Early Depictions of the Chinese Culture and People in the U.S. Print Media, by Dr. Zhang Wenxin,  a well-know scholar in the  field of Chinese-American cultural history cites my research paper. Number 4 is my research was discussed in the book, Narrative Inquiries from Fulbright Lecturers in China Cross-cultural Connections in Higher Education, published in 2019. The fifth is that my paper, Benjamin Franklin and China published by the official website of the committee, which the former President George Bush Jr. served as honorary chairman. The committee was formed in honor the 300 anniversary of birth of  Benjamin Franklin, one of great founders of the United States. The last one is that my article From Confucius to the Great Wall: Chinese Cultural Influence on the United States, published by Japan academic journal, is based on my speech at Kokushikan University in 2010. 

580. Founders and Chinese Teas

We have learned that all founders of the United States loved Chinse tea, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin. George Washington loved Chinse tea for his entire life. As a bachelor, George Washington had beautiful tea sets made from China. John Adams and John Quincy Adams were both avid tea lovers. George Washington liked Black Tea. He had three cups of tea in the days when he and his soldiers spent hard time in the Valley Forge. According to a resources,  Thomas Jefferson was a fan of green tea, presumably produced in the Anhui province of China. Paul Revere made silver tea pots.