Morris Rossabi is Professor of History at the City University of New York and Adjunct Professor of East and Inner Asian History at Columbia University. Among his books are "Governing China's Multiethnic Frontiers "(2004), "Bounty from the Sheep "(2000), "Voyager from Xanadu "(1992), "Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times "(California, 1988), and "China among Equals "(California, 1983).