Introduction

I believe that I should begin with a brief self-introduction. My name is Huai Bao. I have also used the pen name, H. B. Dhawa, for some of my earlier publications on spirituality. Born in a military family in Xuzhou, China, I have lived, studied and worked in China, Canada and the USA. I worked for many years between my master’s degree and Ph.D., and in different industry sectors. Although I have been told that I may have lost a certain degree of competitivity due to my age when I entered the academic job market after completing my Ph.D., in those years, I gained a bit more of history and a bit more of wisdom, as well as extensive social and professional experiences, from which my later research in social sciences and the humanities has benefitted greatly.