Haitong spent half of his life in China and the other half in the United States. While at Tufts, he majored in International Relations, co-led a club organizing annual academic symposiums on U.S.-China relations, and studied in France and the United Kingdom. Haitong is now reading his third degree in International Relations at Oxford, where he studies world politics under strongman-style leaders and is involved in the Oxford International Relations Society (though not as a strongman-style leader). Haitong greatly enjoys performing musical theater, visiting history museums, and cooking. He is fluent in three languages and has traveled to every continent in the world. He has been teaching the International Relations & Diplomacy seminar since 2023.