LLB, Peking University; MA and PhD in Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Formerly, taught at York College of Pennsylvania. Currently, Associate Professor, School of International Studies and Executive Deputy Director, Institute for China-U.S. People to People Exchange, Peking University; concurrently, Secretary-General, Pangoal Institution, a leading China-based public policy think tank. Member of the Steering Committee: East Asia Security Forum, Chinese Overseas Educated Scholars Association. Member of the Advisory Committee, US-China Young Scholars Forum, Carter Center-Global Times. Has written extensively on international relations and China’s foreign policy; articles and reviews appear in Diplomatic History, the New York Times, and other academic and news outlets. Author of a newly published book "Re-globalization: When China Meets the World Again" (2018). Recipient of awards and honours, including: named an inaugural China’s Rising Leader, National Bureau of Asian Research (2011); Munich Young Leader, Korber Foundation and the Munich Security Conference (2016); Selected by the inaugural program of "Preeminent Young Scientists" of Beijing (2018; ranked No. 1 in the category of humanities and social sciences).