Roy Bin Wong (; born 1949) is a Chinese

economic historian Economic history is the study of history using methodological tools from economics or with a special attention to economic phenomena. Research is conducted using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and the application of ...

at the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school the ...

. He was the Director of the UCLA Asia Institute from 2004 to 2016. He received his BA from the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

, and received his MA and

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from

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

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Roy Bin Wong's Page at UCLA

R. Bin Wong Examines Asia's Place in World History
Columbia University 1949 births Living people University of Michigan alumni Harvard University alumni University of California, Los Angeles faculty Economic historians 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American economists Historians from California American male non-fiction writers {{US-economist-stub