Dear Friend,

We are pleased to share with you that Jonathan Cheng will address the ICAS Spring Symposium Lux 2026 with a special emphasis on "The Surprising Source of North Korea's Enduring Power".

Jonathan is the China Bureau Chief for The Wall Street Journal, overseeing the coverage of the world’s second-largest economy across a range of areas including politics, economics, business, technology, and society. He oversees a team of more than two dozen correspondents and researchers in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, and New York with responsibility for the Chinese mainland and Taiwan.

Previously, Jonathan was the Seoul Bureau Chief for the Journal, running coverage of the Korean peninsula, including North Korea and South Korean politics and business. He began his career as an intern in the Journal’s Hong Kong bureau, and has also worked as a markets reporter in the New York office.

Jonathan speaks English, Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese, French, and Korean. A native of Toronto, Canada. He graduated from Princeton University with a degree in history. He lives in Beijing and has traveled to North Korea twice.

Thank you.