Register for Book Launch with Kishore Mahbubani
14:30-16:10, Monday, November 3, World Affairs Press and CCG host the in-person launch of Living the Asian Century, followed by a dialogue.
On Monday, November 3rd, 2025, the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) will be pleased to host a book launch event featuring the release of Kishore Mahbubani’s memoir Living the Asian Century (Chinese edition). Following the book release, Henry Huiyao Wang, Founder and President of CCG will join Professor Mahbubani in a dialogue on living the Asian century.
The event will be held offline in English. If you are interested in joining in person, please register via Eventbrite:
*As the number of seats is limited, successful seatings will be confirmed later, separately by email. An automatic reply from Eventbrite is NOT a confirmation.*
Agenda
14:30-14:40 Opening remarks
Henry Huiyao Wang, Founder of CCG and former Counsellor of the State Council
14:40-15:10 Book Release
Kishore Mahbubani, author of Living the Asian Century, former Singapore’s Ambassador to the UN; and Founding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of NUS
15:10-15:40 CCG Global Dialogue
Kishore Mahbubani, author of Living the Asian Century, former Singapore’s Ambassador to the UN; and Founding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of NUS
Henry Huiyao Wang, Founder of CCG and former Counsellor of the State Council
15:40-16:10 Q&A
*As the number of seats is limited, successful seatings will be confirmed later, separately by email. An automatic reply from Eventbrite is NOT a confirmation.*
Kishore Mahbubani is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore (NUS); former Singapore’s Ambassador to the UN; and Founding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of NUS. He is the author of The Asian 21st Century, Has China Won?, and The ASEAN Miracle, to name but a few. He has been described by Foreign Policy as “the muse of the Asian century.”
Widely regarded as one of Asia’s most prominent diplomats, commentators, and strategic thinkers, Mahbubani achieved a level of success that was anything but preordained. Having grown up in poverty in 1950s Singapore, Mahbubani uses his memoir, Living the Asian Century, to trace not only the transformation of the Republic of Singapore from a poor colony into an Asian powerhouse, but also to vividly chronicle his own journey going from a poor childhood in a multiethnic neighborhood to an illustrious diplomatic career that led him far afield, from the desks of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Singapore to the travertine and marble halls of the United Nations. Along the way, Mahbubani has become one of Asia’s most widely known commentators and spokespeople, with a unique perspective that straddles Singapore, India, China, and the West.