Professor Chung is a professor of international relations at Seoul National University. He is the author or editor of fourteen books, including Central Control and Local Discretion in China (Oxford University Press, 2000), Between Ally and Partner: Korea-China Relations and the United States (Columbia University Press, 2007), and China’s Crisis Management (Routledge, 2011). He is also the founding coordinator of the Asian Network for the Study of Local China (ANSLoC: http://www.ansloc.net). Professor Chung is a recipient of Seoul National University`s Best Researcher Award in 2009 and of the Korean Association for International Studies` Best Book Award in 2012.