Judy Polumbaum is an assistant professor at the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Iowa City. She teaches writing and international communication. A graduate of McGill University, she earned a master of science degree in journalism from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in communication from Stanford University. Her research interests include Chinese press philosophy and practice, and freedom of expression. Stanley B. Lubman specializes in Chinese law as a practicing lawyer and scholar. He is head of the China Group in the law firm of Allen & Overy and frequently travels from his San Francisco base among his firm's offices in Europe (the firm's head office is in London), Hong Kong, and Beijing. Since 1972, he has been advising clients in the United States, Europe, and Asia on Chinese matters. Mr. Lubman concurrently teaches and writes about Chinese law and legal problems of trade and investment in China. Most recently he has been visiting professor at the University of Heidelberg. He has previously taught at the law schools of Stanford, Harvard, Yale, and the University of California- Berkeley.