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Gerald A. McBeath is professor of political science at the University of Alaska
Fairbanks, where he has taught and done research since 1976. He studied at
the University of Chicago (AB, 1963; AM, 1964) and the University of
California at Berkeley (PhD, political science, 1970). His publications include
books and articles on Alaska State and local government, federalism, the
Chinese living abroad, the foreign relations and political economy of Taiwan
and China, and environmental politics (both US domestic and comparative).
He began research on this book while a Fulbright Professor at China Foreign
Affairs University in Spring 2004, and returned for follow-up study in
December 2004–January and May 2005. He is responsible for most of the
China sections in the study.
Tse-Kang Leng is professor of political science at National Chengchi
University, Taipei. He has served as the Secretary General of the Chinese
Association of Political Science since 2003. He studied at National Chengchi
University (BA, 1987), George Washington University (MA, international
affairs, 1991) and the University of Virginia (PhD, Government and Foreign
Affairs, 1995). His research focuses on cross-Taiwan Strait relations, the
political economy of globalization, and the politics of sustainable develop-
ment. He is responsible for most of the Taiwan sections in the study.