Nan Lin Editor & Author

Alvin Y. So is professor and head of the Division of Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His recent books include Hong Kong's Embattled Democracy and Asia's Environmental Movements.

Nan Lin is professor of sociology at Duke University. Tunghai University, Taiwan, received his MA from Syracuse University, and finished his PhD at Michigan State University in 1966. He has published many books and articles.

Dudley Poston is Samuel Rhea Gammon professor of liberal arts at Texas A & M University. He was the President of the North American Chinese Sociologists Association. He has published numerous books and articles on Chinese population.