Xiaobing Li is Professor of History, Don Betz Endowed Chair in International Studies, and Director of the Western Pacific Institute at the University of Central Oklahoma. His recent books include China's Mahan: Admiral Liu Huaqing; China's New Navy: The Evolution of PLAN from the People's Revolution to 21st Century Cold War; The Dragon in the Jungle: The Chinese Army in the Vietnam War; Attack at Chosin; The History of Taiwan; and Building Ho's Army.

Qiang Fang is Professor of History at University of Minnesota Duluth and editor of American Review of China Studies. He is the author and editor of History and Reality: Balkan (Socialist Countries) in the Eyes of Western Scholars; China under Xi Jinping: A New Assessment; Sino-American Relations: A New Cold War; Communist Judicial Systems in China, 1927-1976; Power Versus Law in Modern China; and Chinese Complaint Systems: Natural Resistance.