ZHAO Gang was born in 1957. He is a distinguished professor of Department of Sociology, Tunghai University. He obtained his BA degree from Department of Public Administration, National Chung Hsing University. He obtained his MA degree from Texas A&M University in 1985, and PhD degree from University of Kansas in 1991. He serves as associate professor of Department of Sociology, Tunghai University in 1991 and became professor in 2002. He is mainly engaged in researches on social movement, social theory and social change.