John Bryan Starr, who served as President of both the Yale China Association and the China Institute in New York City, and as managing director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform in Providence, Rhode Island, is now Executive Director of the Tri-State Consortium. In addition, he serves as Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Education at Brown University. The author of many articles and books on China, including "Understanding China: A Guide to China's Economy, History, and Political Culture "and "Ideology and Culture" and "Continuing the Revolution: The Political Thought of Mao", an...