Youli Sun

Youli Sun is Director of American University’s Beijing Program. He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago and did post-doctoral studies at Washington University; he is a specialist in American diplomatic history, modern Chinese history, and US-East Asian relations. He has taught at Washington University, Colby College, and the University of Southern Mississippi, and has received numerous awards for research and faculty excellence.Dr. Sun’s first book, China and the Origins of the Pacific War, 1931-1941, was published by St. Martin’s Press in 1993. He has published articles in Diplomatic History, the Journal of Asian History, and other scholarly journals; and his work on “Chinese Military Resistance and Changing American Perceptions, 1938” was selected for inclusion in the book, On Cultural Grounds: Essays in International History, edited by Robert Johnson for Imprint Press.Dan Ling worked as an engineer for many years and now is retired from China’s Academy of Agricultural Machinery. Mr. Ling lives in Beijing and is writing a book on political behavior.