Scientific achievements (works)
The author of unique historical books: (1) “The Manchu Way: The Eight Banners and Ethnic Identity in Late Imperial China” (Stanford University, 2001); (2) “A New History of the Qing Empire: The Making of Inner Asian Empire at Chengde” (Routledge, 2004); (3) “Emperor Qianlong: Son of Heaven, Man of the World” (Longman, 2009), as well as more than 69 scholarly works, etc.