Yeh Yuan-chih

Yeh was born in Taipei, Taiwan, on December 28, 1974. His mother was a close friend of Hsu Li-nung.^[3]

Yeh graduated from National Taiwan University with two bachelor's degrees in literature and political science, respectively. He then earned a master's degree in behavioural sciences from the university in 2004. His master's thesis was titled, "A study of press releases of Taiwan's presidential candidates" (Chinese: 臺灣總統大選候選人新聞發布之研究).^[4]

Later, Yeh completed a second master's degree in the United States at the University of Southern California, where he received a Master of Arts (M.A.) in communications and management.^[5] In 2022, he earned his Ph.D. in education from National Taiwan Normal University.^[6] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "A study of active aging programs for senior citizens and college students" (社區高齡者與大學生參與活躍老化方案之研究).^[7]

Yeh has served as a part-time lecturer of journalism at Hsuan Chuang University, director of the integrated marketing and communication department of the China Digital Times, and a consultant at Oti Communications, a magazine business based in Birmingham, Alabama. He also has served as the press liaison for the 2004 Lien-Song National Campaign Headquarters, the press liaison for the 2000 Song-Song-Zhang Taipei Campaign Headquarters, a New York reporter for Ming Pao, and a public relations specialist for China Global Television Network (CGTN).^[8]