Ni Shixiong, professor of international relations, is former Dean of the School of International Relations and Public Affairs at Fudan University and former director, the Center for American Studies at Fudan University, Shanghai, China. He did postdoctoral research at Harvard University(1980-1981);has made about 40 visits to the U.S.A. since then, attending conferences and lecturing at different universities there. During his visits, he met with many important figures such as Admiral Thomas Fargo(Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet), General Brent Scowcroft, Henry Kissinger and Zbigniew Breezinski. In the past 20 years, he has also made frequent academic trips to some other counties(the U.K., Canada, Russia, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Pakistan, Vietnam, Luxembourg, Norway and Sweden) and regions(Hong Kong and Taiwan).

Professor Ni’s publications include Selected Readings on American School of Thought in International Relations; Conflict and Cooperation: An Introduction to Western Strategies; Reflection of the Century’s Winds: Contemporary International Relations; International Human Rights; War and Morality: The Rise of Nuclear Ethics; From Normalization to Renormalization: 20 Years of Sino-U.S. Relations; American Studies Series and Contemporary Western Theories in International Relations. In addition, he has published over 150 papers and article on international relations.

Professor Ni is Vice President of Shanghai Association of International Relations, Vice President of Shanghai Association of International Strategic Studies and Vice President of Chinese Association of American Studies. He is now on the member of committee of Social science, Ministry of Education.