He has years of researching and teaching experiences in the field of International Relationship, including International Conflict/Cooperation, Mass Media and Foreign Policy. He began to study Political Science as an undergraduate in Anhui Normal University, and received his Master and Ph.D degree in same field in 1993 and in 1997. He joined Yale University as Fulbright scholar in 1998, and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Science Po and Columbia University as visiting scholar later. He is a member of supervisor board of the France Political Innovation Foundation and a commentator-at-large at CCTV.