Editor's Note: Xing Talk is a new column
runs regularly by Xing Zong, a Chinese graduate student at Duke University
pursuing a Ph.D. degree in physics. As a rocket scientist, Xing's passion
also lies in writing and interacting with people. He contributes to China.com
regularly with his interesting interviews of Presidents in U.S. top universities,
Nobel Laureates, business/law school deans and leading academicians. As Xing
said, "my biggest discovery after arriving in U.S. was that my first
name "Xing" had a nice interpretation of the on-road sign crossing."
Indeed, He stands at the cross road of two different cultures and eager to
connect Uncle Sam and Red Dragon.