Lee Jeong-ho

Lee Jeong-ho reports on China's diplomacy for the Post. He also covers East Asian security and defence stories. Before joining the Post he was with the South Korean Air Force and News1 Korea. He has a BA in Media and Communications and Chinese Studies from Sydney University and a Master of International Studies in Chinese Area Studies from Seoul National University.

A US Marines training command said it was responsible for producing the replica of a Chinese J-20 fighter that appeared at a military base in Georgia recently. Photo: Theaviationist.com

Diplomacy

Chinese J-20 fighter seen at US airbase, but there’s no need to panic

17 Dec 2018 - 6:20pm 191

Canada’s decision to arrest Sabrina Meng at the request of the US has made it the focus of China’s ire. Photo: Shutterstock

Diplomacy

China says Canada has ignited ‘public anger’ with Sabrina Meng arrest

15 Dec 2018 - 3:42am 110

Illustration: Perry Tse

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South Korea nimbly dodges crossfire of US-China trade war

14 Dec 2018 - 2:23pm 10

On September 3, 2013, Canadian Michael Spavor (left) was a member of a party that accompanied former National Basketball Association star Dennis Rodman of the US (second right) to Pyongyang, North Korea, and Spavor acted as a translator for the star at meetings with officials including leader Kim Jong-un. Photo: AFP

Diplomacy

Idealist with high hopes brought crashing to earth in China

13 Dec 2018 - 9:02pm 18

China confirms second Canadian Michael Spavor under investigation for allegedly endangering national security

Diplomacy

Second Canadian held for ‘endangering Chinese national security’

14 Dec 2018 - 6:22am 331

Students practise Chinese calligraphy at the Confucius Institute in Brussels. More than 500 of the institutes have opened around the world since 2004. Photo: Xinhua

Diplomacy

University of Michigan says it will cut ties with Confucius Institute

14 Dec 2018 - 9:20am 14

Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) meets North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday. Photo: Reuters

Diplomacy

China urges North Korea to address US nuclear concerns

7 Dec 2018 - 11:28pm

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho is on a three-day visit to Beijing, where he is expected to seek support for an easing of UN sanctions ahead of denuclearisation talks with the US. Photo: AP

Diplomacy

North Korea’s foreign minister aims to shore up support from Beijing

6 Dec 2018 - 8:57pm

China’s flights into South Korean airspace lead analysts to believe Beijing is watching Seoul’s joint military operations with the United States in the air and at sea. Photo: South Korean Defence Ministry

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Seoul worried as China sends military aircraft into air defence zone

6 Dec 2018 - 9:25pm 127

Incheon could be the focus of a diplomatic and commercial initiative involving South Korea, North Korea and eventually, its proponent hopes, China. Photo: Bloomberg

Diplomacy

Ports deal between Koreas ‘could mean cooperation’ with China

28 Nov 2018 - 10:20pm

Kim Jong-un’s regime is expected to remain subject to sanctions, but denuclearisation will not necessarily move closer. Photo: Reuters

Diplomacy

Xi-Trump at G20: North Korea is common ground, yet a battleground

30 Nov 2018 - 1:05pm

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are expected to meet at the G20 summit in Argentina. Photo: Kyodo

Diplomacy

After Apec tensions, expect ‘extra pressure’ when Xi and Trump meet at G20

20 Nov 2018 - 2:10pm 63

Xi Jinping stressed China’s commitment to free trade during the Apec summit. Photo: EPA-EFE

Diplomacy

Xi tells Apec leaders they are at a ‘crossroad in history’

18 Nov 2018 - 11:27pm 17

Apec summit ends without agreement as US and China’s deep divisions over trade emerge

Diplomacy

Apec summit ends without agreement following US-China clashes

20 Nov 2018 - 5:51am 117

‘Simply not true’: China rejects claims Apec diplomats tried to ‘barge’ in on PNG minister’s office to influence communique

Australasia

China rejects claims officials tried to influence Apec communique

19 Nov 2018 - 6:53am 81

Papua New Guinea ‘should learn from Malaysia’s Mahathir to avoid becoming a Chinese colony’

Diplomacy

Papua New Guinea ‘at risk of becoming Chinese colony’

19 Nov 2018 - 6:50am 38

US Vice-President Mike Pence and Chinese President Xi Jinping were equally critical in their speeches at the Apec summit on Saturday in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Photo: AP/AFP

Diplomacy

Gloves off as Xi Jinping, Mike Pence exchange barbs at Apec summit

20 Nov 2018 - 5:45am 264

China’s President Xi Jinping speaks during the Apec summit. Photo: AP

Diplomacy

History shows no one wins in hot war, cold war or trade war, Xi says

17 Nov 2018 - 10:54pm 51

Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Peter O’Neill agreed to boost ties when they met in Port Moresby on Friday. Photo: Reuters

Diplomacy

China boosts ties with strategically important Papua New Guinea

16 Nov 2018 - 11:08pm 19

US-China trade war: more tariffs will hurt both countries, WTO official says

Diplomacy

More tariffs will damage global trade, hurt US and China: WTO

16 Nov 2018 - 9:28pm 10

Restaurant owner Sandy Gao rented out her premises to a team of chefs who will prepare food for the visiting Chinese delegation. Photo: Kinling Lo

Diplomacy

Chinese community in Papua New Guinea prepares for Xi’s visit

16 Nov 2018 - 6:32am 7

China Construction Bank’s advertisement outside Port Moresby airport. Photo: Kinling Lo

Diplomacy

China-Australia rivalry surrounds Apec talks in Papua New Guinea

15 Nov 2018 - 11:01pm 11

The rivalry between China and the US extends far beyond the trade war and could shape the course of international politics for years to come, analysts say. Photo: AP

Diplomacy

Washington talks unlikely to change course of China-US rivalry

10 Nov 2018 - 5:48am 18

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan review an honour guard at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: AP

Diplomacy

China promises more economic aid for Pakistan

3 Nov 2018 - 10:31pm 19

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (left) held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday at the start of his five-day to the country. Photo: Reuters

Diplomacy

Imran Khan hoping for a bailout from China, Pakistan’s ‘all-weather’ friend

3 Nov 2018 - 4:08am 9

Incoming Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro could bring uncertainty to his country’s relations with China. Photo: AFP

Diplomacy

China trade vs economic growth: the dilemma for Brazil’s new chief

29 Oct 2018 - 7:18pm 19

North Korean workers walk into the Hong Chao Zhi Yi garment factory in Hunchun in this 2017 photo. Photo: AP

Diplomacy

North Korean workers and imports continue to cross into China

27 Oct 2018 - 10:57pm 9

China and Japan are looking to Thailand for joint investment projects. Photo: Handout

Diplomacy

Why better China-Japan relations are good news for Thailand

26 Oct 2018 - 11:13pm 2

Rapprochement on the Korean peninsula an opportunity to boost languishing Chinese region
Lawyers from the two countries review the legal issues to be addressed before projects can come back to life

Diplomacy

China and North Korea aim to clear legal hurdles to revive border projects

24 Oct 2018 - 11:22am

Moscow meeting ends with stance at odds with US government

Diplomacy

China, Russia, North Korea call for adjusted sanctions against Pyongyang

11 Oct 2018 - 3:03pm 2

At 2.29 metres (7ft 6in) tall, Yao Ming towers over the participants in Tuesday’s basketball match between teams that mixed Chinese and North Korean players. Photo: AP

Diplomacy

Yao Ming joins China delegation in North Korea for basketball match

10 Oct 2018 - 9:54pm

Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un pictured in Beijing earlier this year. The Chinese leader is now expected to visit North Korea. Photo: EPA-EFE

Diplomacy

Xi Jinping will visit North Korea soon, says Seoul

8 Oct 2018 - 11:31pm 22

North Korea is keen to strengthen its bargaining position on the denuclearisation issue ahead of talks with the US. Photo: AP

Diplomacy

North Korean official visits China, Russia before nuke talks with US

5 Oct 2018 - 11:29pm

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Beijing on Monday after he travels to Tokyo, Pyongyang and Seoul. Photo: AFP

Diplomacy

Pompeo’s China trip a chance to ease tensions as ties ‘near rock bottom’

5 Oct 2018 - 5:32pm 30

Students hold Korean unification flags ahead of the first of three summits so far this year between North and South, in Seoul in April. Photo: Reuters

Diplomacy

China, not North Korea, is biggest threat to peace, South Koreans say

4 Oct 2018 - 4:24pm 178

A clause allowing any member of the North American trio to effectively block each-other’s free-trade deals seems aimed at China and is expected to feature in future US trade agreements

China Economy

China ‘threatened with isolation’ by US-Mexico-Canada trade deal

3 Oct 2018 - 9:32pm 302

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the two countries are ‘working diligently’ to make sure the conditions are right for the meeting, but Trump says he’s told Pompeo not to worry about ‘the time game’

Diplomacy

Second Trump-Kim summit may come ‘after October’; Pompeo to visit Pyongyang

27 Sep 2018 - 10:00pm 2

Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the US attacks on China will only poison relations. Photo: AFP

Diplomacy

US attacks on China ‘risk total destruction of mutual gains’

25 Sep 2018 - 8:42pm 24

Male, capital of the Maldives. Key shipping lanes pass through the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago. Photo: AFP

Diplomacy

Why are China and India so interested in the Maldives?

25 Sep 2018 - 2:22pm 12

China has attacked SVT’s Jesper Ronndahl over a segment on a comedy show on Friday night. Photo: weibo

Diplomacy

China demands apology over Swedish TV comedy on tourist spat

27 Sep 2018 - 4:19pm 228

South Korean president Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un walking in the gardens of Samjiyon guesthouse in North Korea on September 20, 2018. Photo: EPA

East Asia

Nuke talks ‘up to US now’ says Moon after three-day trip to North Korea

21 Sep 2018 - 12:48am 9

Fireworks at Pyongyang’s May Day Stadium after South Korean President Moon Jae-in spoke on September 19, 2018. Photo: Pyongyang Press Corps/YouTube

East Asia

Moon Jae-in makes first ever public speech by South Korean leader in North

20 Sep 2018 - 9:04am 7

US President Donald Trump welcomes developments as ‘very exciting’

East Asia

Hopes for peace after Kim agrees to shut missile site, visit Seoul

19 Sep 2018 - 5:05pm 22

Soldiers march with the portrait of North Korean founder Kim Il-sung during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of country's foundation in Pyongyang, North Korea, on September 9. Photo: Reuters

Diplomacy

US-China trade war ‘saps Beijing’s incentive’ to pressure Pyongyang

19 Sep 2018 - 3:55pm 12

South Korean President Moon Jae-in (left) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrive at the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party in Pyongyang, North Korea on September 18, 2018. Photo: AP

East Asia

Kim felt ‘very close’ to Moon during summit in Pyongyang

18 Sep 2018 - 11:22pm 3

Moon’s three-day trip to North Korea’s capital is the first such visit by a South Korean leader in 11 years

Diplomacy

Kim lays out red carpet for Moon on mission to save nuclear talks

18 Sep 2018 - 2:29pm 16

The remains of a house destroyed in North Korea’s 2010 attack on Yeonpyeong island. Photo: Kim Jae-hwan

Diplomacy

Island under shadow of North Korea’s guns dreams of peace

18 Sep 2018 - 9:26pm