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David Volodzko
David Volodzko is the national editor for The Korea JoongAng Daily, the sister paper of The International New York Times in South Korea.
David Volodzko is the national and sports editor for the Korea JoongAng Daily, the sister paper of The New York Times in South Korea. He has appeared on Huffington Post Live, discussing China’s illegal logging industry, and his writing has been published with The Wall Street Journal, Vice, South China Morning Post, GlobalPost, The Jamestown Foundation, openDemocracy and The Washington Monthly, among others. He is a former university lecturer at Soongshil University, Seo Kyeong University, and Cheongju National University of Education. He tweets @DavidVolodzko and is the author of the blog Mogu Gallery.
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September 14, 2015
How China Helped Cause the Syrian Refugee Crisis
By David Volodzko
By exporting missile technology to Iran, China is effectively arming Syrian forces and exacerbating the civil war.
September 04, 2015
Is Living in Beijing Really Like Smoking 40 Cigarettes a Day?
By David Volodzko
How many cigarettes does it take to replicate China's pollution? Digging into a viral story from The Economist.
August 25, 2015
China's Koreans, Part II: Lost to History
By David Volodzko
Korean Chinese don't fit easily into traditional or CCP narratives of history.
August 21, 2015
China’s Koreans, Part I: A Brief History
By David Volodzko
The history of China's ethnic Koreans, most of whom live in Jilin Province.
August 14, 2015
Is China on the Cusp of Change?
By David Volodzko
Despite oppressive policies, China's leader is the most popular in the world. But for how long?
August 10, 2015
Taiwan's Academic Future
By David Volodzko
Beijing has a problem with books that don't align with its positions -- even textbooks published by other governments.
August 03, 2015
The Rise of the Tuhao
By David Volodzko
The same group of entitled nouveau riche that gives China a bad name abroad is reviled at home as well.
July 30, 2015
What Does SARS Have to do With China’s Cybersecurity Law?
By David Volodzko
How Chinese censorship actually kills people.
July 28, 2015
Beijing’s South China Sea Rhetoric Is Fooling No One
By David Volodzko
China's anti-Japanese rhetoric only masks Beijing's own misbehavior in the Asia-Pacific region.
July 23, 2015
The Hypocrisy of China’s War on Pollution
By David Volodzko
China's government talks often about a "war on pollution," but refuses to equip its greatest weapon: public awareness.
July 21, 2015
An American Poet's Love of China
By David Volodzko
Poet Marianne Moore had a fascination with China that found expression in her work.
July 17, 2015
The Disturbing Pseudo-Intellectualism of China's Xi Jinping
By David Volodzko
Even while airing his admiration for classic literature, Xi maintains strict controls on China's authors.