Family: married with three children

Education: BA and MA, Economics, Peking University 1976 and 1981; MA, Sociology, University of Missouri 1986; PhD, Political Science, University of California, San Diego 1992

Career: Suisheng Zhao is Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies and Executive Director of the Center for China-US Cooperation, University of Denver. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the US Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific, a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations, and a Research Associate at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University. A Campbell National Fellow at Hoover Institution of Stanford University, he was Associate Professor of Political Science/International Studies at Washington College in Maryland, Associate Professor of Government/East Asian Politics at Colby College in Maine and Visiting Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego. Suisheng Zhao is the founding editor of the Journal of Contemporary China (see url below).

Honours and awards: Honorary Jianzhi Professor, School of International Studies, Renmin (People’s) University 2001–, Honorary Jianzhi Professor, School of International Studies, Beijing University 2007–, Hononary Jianzhi Professor, School of International Studies, Fudan University 2007–

Publications include: Power by Design: Constitution-Making in Nationalist China 1996, The Decision-Making in Deng's China: Perspectives from Insiders (co-editor) 1997, Power Competition in East Asia: From the Old Chinese World Order to Post-Cold War Regional Multipolarity 1998, Across the Taiwan Strait: Mainland China, Taiwan, and the 1995–1996 Crisis (editor) 1999, China and Democracy: The Prospect for a Democratic China (editor) 2000, Chinese Foreign Policy: Pragmatism and Strategic Behavior (editor) 2003, A Nation-State by Construction: Dynamics of Modern Chinese Nationalism 2004, Debating Political Reform in China: Rule of Law Vs. Democratization 2006, China-US Relations Transformed: Perspectives and Strategic Interactions 2007; numerous articles in professional journals

Contact details: Address: Center for China-United States Cooperation, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver, 2201 South Gaylord, Denver, CO 80208, USA; Tel: +1 303-871-2401; Fax: +1 303-871-2456; Email: szhao@du.edu ; Website: http://www.du.edu/gsis/china/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10670564.asp/ .