Xiao-Bing Li is an assistant professor in the Department of History and Geography and associate director of Western Pacific Institute at the University of Central Oklahoma. He received his M.A. in 1985 and his Ph.D. in 1991 from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. As the director of Asian Studies, he taught at Phillips University from 1991 to 1993. His book, Diplomacy through Militancy, was published by China Education Press in 1993. Dr. Li's second book, Chinese Generals Remember the Korean War,
is under the consideration by the University Press of Kansas. His research interest is Sino-American relations history.