David Wertime | Foreign Policy

David Wertime is senior editor of Tea Leaf Nation. David joins FP after having co-founded Tea Leaf Nation, a news site dedicated to Chinese citizen and social media, which was acquired by the FP Group in Sept. 2013. A former lawyer in New York and Hong Kong, David first encountered China as a Peace Corps volunteer. He has appeared on BBC television, Al Jazeera English, Public Radio International, Voice of America, and other outlets as a commentator on China. Originally from the Philadelphia area, David holds a law degree from Harvard and an English degree from Yale, where he was executive editor of the Yale Herald.

Tea Leaf Nation

With Chinese State Media Quiet, Social Web Alive with Trump Victory Talk

Some greeted the news with a shrug; others lamented Americans “shivering in the corners.”

David Wertime
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Tea Leaf Nation

A Crack of Daylight Enters Chinese Court Proceedings

A growing number of trials will be live-streamed in HD. What might that mean for justice in a black-box judiciary?

Jerome A. Cohen
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Podcast

300,000 Chinese Students Attend U.S. Colleges. What Will They Learn About American Life?

Editors David Wertime and Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian talk to three young Chinese about how studying stateside changed their views of the United States — and their home.

David Wertime
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Tea Leaf Nation

The Chinese Democratic Experiment that Never Was

Hong Kong protesters get most of the press, but the latest conflict in Wukan means more to mainlanders.

David Wertime
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Tea Leaf Nation

Chinese Online Videos: The U.S. Wants to Start a Color Revolution Here

A new social media push calls on netizens to stay vigilant against American meddling.

David Wertime
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ChinaFile

A Grim Future for Chinese Web Freedom

The unexpected departure of China's censorship evangelist is unlikely to bring about more relaxed policies towards online speech.

David Bandurski
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Tea Leaf Nation

Chinese Web Users Sneer at Reports of ‘Bregret’

Weibo scorns Brexit remorse after ‘careless’ votes in ‘this referendum thing.’

David Wertime
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Tea Leaf Nation

Watch: China Takes Teen-Friendly Tack in South China Sea Propaganda Battle

A new video offers a peppy, commercialized angle on a hot-button issue.

David Wertime
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Tea Leaf Nation

Meet the Chinese Trolls Pumping Out 488 Million Fake Social Media Posts

New research exposes a “massive secretive operation” to fill China’s internet with propaganda.

David Wertime
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Podcast

An Abandoned Daughter Returns to China

Editors Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian and David Wertime talk to Jenna Cook about how the quest to find her birth mother captivated China — and why she finally decided to write her side of the story for FP.

David Wertime
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