[Profile] Jeong Jae-ho, Ambassador to China... Expert on US-China Relations and High School Classmate of Yoon

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[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] Jeong Jae-ho, a professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Seoul National University, who was appointed as the first ambassador to China under the Yoon Seok-yeol administration, is a classmate of President Yoon Seok-yeol from Chung-Ang High School and is regarded as a key advisor in US-China relations.

Born in 1960, Jeong graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in Korean Language Education, then earned a master's degree in history from Brown University in the United States and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan. He has also worked as a researcher at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, an assistant professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and has been a professor at Seoul National University since 1996.

Additionally, he has served as a visiting researcher at the Brookings Institution in the US, a visiting senior researcher at the East Asian Institute of the National University of Singapore, and a visiting professor at the School of International Studies at Renmin University of China. Since 2013, he has also been the director of the US-China Relations Research Center under the Asia Center at Seoul National University.

During President Yoon's transition period, he was part of the Korea-US Policy Consultation delegation that visited the United States.

▲ Chung-Ang High School ▲ Seoul National University, Department of Korean Language Education ▲ Brown University, USA, Master's in History ▲ University of Michigan, USA, Ph.D. in Political Science ▲ Professor, Department of Diplomacy, Seoul National University ▲ Director, US-China Relations Research Center, Asia Center, Seoul National University ▲ Korea-US Policy Consultation Delegation

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