Jonathan SpenceJonathan Spence is the author of more than a dozen books on China, including the Gate of Heavenly Peace, The Search for Modern China, Mao Zedong and God's Chinese Son (a magisterial study of the Taiping rebellion of the mid-19th century). A Sterling rofessor of History at Yale, he is a past president of the American Historical Association and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He lives in Westhaven, Connecticut. Read More Read Less