Associate professor at the School of History Nanjing University, and received his PhD of international relations history from Nanjing University in 2001. He is now an associate professor at the Institute of International Relations of Nanjing University, with main research interests in U.S. foreign policy, U.S.-China relations and the study of international terrorism. He has published three treatises, including Kissinger's Diplomatic Thought and Strategy (Nanjing University Press, 2009 edition), etc. He has published more than ten papers in American Studies, World Economics and Politics, and International Forum.