Dr. Michael Lumbers is the critically acclaimed author of Piercing the Bamboo Curtain: Tentative Bridge Building to China During the Johnson Years. He holds a PhD in International History from the London School of Economics. He really thinks you should buy his book, which is based on his doctoral dissertation. Dr. Lumbers is currently studying corporate communications at Centennial College in Toronto. He’s been told many times that he’s the only PhD to register for the program, if not the profession itself.