Professor Emeritus and Honorary Director of the Tourism Confucius Institute, Griffith University, Australia, won a Special China Book Award中华图书特殊贡献奖. Main research areas include: Chinese theatre, China’s ethnic minorities, Chinese history, especially of the Tang Dynasty, and Western images of China. Major publications include:China in Transformation, 1900-1949(2nd Edition);China in My Eyes, Western Images of China Since 1949;Western Perspectives on the People's Republic of China, Politics, Economy and Society.