Yang Hu completed his PhD in the School of Journalism and Communication, Peking University. His research focuses on mass culture and communication, editing and publishing, university management and the history of Peking University. A researcher for the National Key Social Science Fund in China, he has published widely on his research interests.
Xiao Yang is a graduate of the Foreign Languages Institute of Peking University, editorial board member and deputy director of the news agency Xinhua Net.