About the Author

Sheng-Wei Wang was born in Taiwan. She graduated from National Tsing Hua University with a B.S. degree in Chemistry and earned a Ph.D. degree in Theoretical Chemical Physics from the University of Southern California. She was a staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory after many years of scientific research at Caltech and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Prior to founding in 2006 the China-U.S. Friendship Exchange, Inc., she was also a self-made California real estate developer for 15 years.

She considered herself nonpolitical until Taiwan’s 2004 presidential election. She used her physics research skills to write a JFK-conspiracy-exposé arguing that President Chen Shui-bian’s minor skin wound must have been staged. She briefed the U.S. State Department about her findings in May 2004 and was interviewed on TV. This investigation made her a well-known Chinese-American media figure.

In order to strive for peace across the Taiwan Strait, she is devoting her efforts to China’s peaceful reunification. Her translated English book, “One Country, Two Systems” in Taiwan (a Chinese book by Taiwanese writer Hsing Chi), was published in the U.S. in 2006 by International Publishing House for China’s Culture. Her earlier article, “The Answer My Friend Is Blowing in the Wind,” was published in the ELM magazine on February 1, 2006. Her latest essays, “For Whom the Bell May Toll?” and “The Blue Danube on Gulangyu Islet,” appeared on American Chronicle’s May 1 and May 12, 2007, issues. Her second English book, China’s Ascendancy: An Opportunity or a Threat—What Every American Should Know about China, is published in November 2007 by International Publishing House for China’s Culture.

She can be reached at Curra888@yahoo.com or www.ChinaUSFriendship.com.

Website Introduction: www.ChinaUSFriendship.com

This website aims at improving the Sino-U.S. relations and promoting peace between China and Taiwan. It is published at a critical juncture in Chinese and American history when both countries can celebrate a fruitful mutual engagement, yet face some uncertainties for their long-term interactions.

It is run by the China-U.S. Friendship Exchange, Inc., which was founded in Northern California in September 2006 by Dr. Sheng-Wei Wang, a scholar, writer and media figure. The site will host monthly web publications in English and Chinese languages by invited experts on major China-U.S. issues and related Taiwan topics. Forums and book publications are planned as the website further expands in the future.