China's Great Wall of Silence: Ma Liping's Resume

Dear Ms. Ma,

Uh-oh. Your famous book Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics also has you as having a master's degree from East China Normal University. So your bio on the National Mathematics Advisory Panel does not appear to have been a typo or a misunderstanding. The book was published in 1999 and it made you famous. It's your book, for heaven's sake. You know that it claims that you have the master's degree.

Please explain.

Sincerely,
Benjamin Harris, J.D.