Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia is an expert on Catholicism history. He is best known for his 2010 biography A Jesuit in the Forbidden City, Matteo Ricci.
Another biography on Matteo Ricci is Matteo Ricci: A Jesuit in the Ming Court by Michela Fontana, 2011. This is an English translation from the original Italian text.
Of the two, the more concise one is the latter. The former is better if one wants photos, illustrations, and diagrams.