Seong-Hyon Lee

on February 9, 2016

Seong-Hyon Lee, is a research fellow at the Sejong Institute in Seoul. He lived in Beijing for 11 years. He is a graduate from Grinnell College, Harvard University, and Tsinghua University. He has a (Ph.D. in political communication. He was the 2013-14 Pantech Fellow at Stanford University. Currently, he is Senior Research Fellow (nonresident) at the Center for Korean Peninsula Studies at Peking University. His recent publications include “The U.S.-China Conflict and Leaderless International Order,” Quarterly Diplomacy, Oct., 2017 (In Korean); “Why Did We Get China Wrong? Reconsidering the Popular Narrative: China will abandon North Korea,” International Journal of Korean Unification Studies, 2016, vol. 25, no.1, pp. 65-93; “Chinese Scholarly Perspectives on Contemporary Sino–South Korean Relations,“ Journal of Korean Studies, Volume 21, Number 1, Spring 2016, pp. 265-275; “Historical Perspective on China’s ‘Tipping Point’ with North Korea,” Asian Perspective, 42 (2018), 33–60.

What New Approach Should the U.S. and China Take to North Korea?

A ChinaFile Conversation

By John Delury, Seong-Hyon Lee & more on February 9, 2016

On Sunday, North Korea launched a long range rocket many see as a test of its capability to launch a missile attack against the U.S., defying both American and Chinese pressure not do so. Republican U.S. presidential candidates argued Washington should press China harder to restrain Pyongyang. If the current mix of negotiations and sanctions are failing to prevent North Korea from advancing its nuclear program, do China and the U.S. need a new approach? What should each country do now and what can they do together?

Sauced: American Cooking in China

A Sinica Podcast

By Kaiser Kuo & David Moser on February 9, 2016

Kaiser Kuo and David Moser are joined this week by Howie Southworth and Greg Matza, creators of the independent video series “Sauced in Translation,” a reality show that journeys into the wilder parts of China in search of local Chinese specialties that can be re-purposed into classic American dishes. The show is a great concept, brilliantly executed, and we’re delighted to have Howie and Greg here to share some behind-the-scenes stories and talk about how they got started mixing Chinese and American cuisine.

Why Are Tibetans Setting Themselves on Fire?

By Tsering Woeser on February 9, 2016

February 27, 2009, was the third day of Losar, the Tibetan New Year. It was also the day that self-immolation came to Tibet. The authorities had just cancelled a Great Prayer Festival (Monlam) that was supposed to commemorate the victims of the government crackdown in 2008. A monk by the name of Tapey stepped out of the Kirti Monastery and set his body alight on the streets of Ngawa, in the region known in Tibetan as Amdo, a place of great religious reverence and relevance, now designated as part of China’s Sichuan Province.