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TAGORE AND CHINA
Edited by Tan Chung Emeritus Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi and Academic Associate, University of Chicago,
Amiya Dev Professor of Comparative Literature at Jadavpur University, Kolkata,
Wang Bangweli and Wei Liming both at Peking University, Beijing, China

From the Foreword:
Tagore was a visionary, always forward-looking. He sought to promote the cause of India-China understanding, envisioning the ascent of India and China to a higher platform of civilizational leadership and fraternal partnership. Tagore was the first thinker of modern India to be invited by the thinking elite of China, along with the likes of John Dewey and Bertrand Russell, as the Chinese grappled with the question of China's place in a modern world. This collection of articles by eminent academics and scholars ... is a timely and significant addition to the existing literature on Tagore and will promote our understanding of Tagore, as we celebrate the universalism of his ideas and thoughts.— Nirupama Rao, Foreign Secretary, Government of India

Tagore and China is the first full account in English of Rabindranath Tagore’s visit to China and its civilizational import. Perhaps for the first time, exhaustive material related to the visit has been collected.

The book charts Tagore’s ‘grand visit’ in 1924 undertaken in response to China’s ‘Tagore fever’ and the series of talks he gave there, their antecedents as well as impact. Also discussed is the foundation of Cheena-Bhavana at Visva-Bharati—and thereby of Chinese studies in India—and Tan Yun-shan’s lifelong dedication to it and the Sino-Indian love it held. Read More...