He is a graduate of China's first Jewish-studies program, which was pioneering in every way.

CNN: The Ghosts of Shanghai

Xu Xin, perhaps China's leading Judaic scholar, heads a Jewish-studies program in Nanjing.

CNN: The Ghosts of Shanghai

Five other students joined the pilot program of Jewish and Hebrew studies launched by Peking University in the mid-1980s.

CNN: The Ghosts of Shanghai