Chinese Communication Theory and Research Reflections, New Frontiers, and New Directions

WENSHAN JIA is Assistant Professor of Communication in the Department of Communication and Media at the State University of New York, New Paltz. A scholar of intercultural communication theory, he is the author of The Remaking of the Chinese Character and Identity in the 21st Century: Chinese Face Practices (Ablex, 2001) and the co-editor of Chinese Communication Studies: Contexts and Comparisons (Ablex, 2002).

XING LU is Associate Professor in the Department of Communications at DePaul University. The author of Rhetoric in Ancient China: Fifth to Third Century B.C.E.: A Comparison with Classical Greek Rhetoric, she is also the co-editor of Chinese Communication Studies: Contexts and Comparisons (Ablex, 2002).

D. RAY HEISEY is Professor and Director Emeritus at the School of Communication Studies at Kent State University. The author of many journal articles and book chapters, he is also the editor of Chinese Perspectives in Rhetoric and Communication (Ablex, 2000) and the co-editor of Chinese Communication Studies: Contexts and Comparisons (Ablex, 2002).