Bo Zhiyue is director of the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre and a professor of political science at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He obtained his LLB and LLM in international politics from Peking University and his PhD in political science from the University of Chicago. He has taught at universities all over the world. His research interests include China’s elite politics, Chinese provincial leaders, central–local relations, cross-strait relations, Sino–US relations, international relations theories, and global governance. He has published more than 190 book chapters and articles and is the author of a trilogy on China’s elite politics.