Sondra M. Rubenstein： Professor Sondra M. Rubenstein is a media expert，who was born and educated in the United States. She chaired the Department of Journalism & Mass Media Studies at Hofstra University in New York until her retirement in 2001，when she and her husband moved to Israel. Her first visit to China was on a Hofstra Exchange Program in 1986. Her second visit was on a joint Sino-Israeli program in 2004，when she saw great changes in China. She was deeply impressed by them.