David Volodzko is a writer for The Diplomat, where he covers topics related to Chinese politics and society. He has lived in Asia for more than ten years (primarily in China, India, Japan, and South Korea) and his writings cover a wide range of topics, including animal cruelty, economics, psychology, education, travel, cuisine, and philosophy.
Volodzko’s work has been published with the China Policy Institute, where he wrote about the history of major themes in Chinese propaganda, and in GlobalPost, where he covered China’s illegal logging industry. He has also written for the South China Morning Post, regarding the effect of globalization on Chinese language education, and for The Jamestown Foundation, concerning China-Holy See relations. His work has also appeared in openDemocracy, The Washington Monthly, and Z Magazine. He is a former lecturer at Soongshil University and a graduate of the State University of New York, where his research included human behavior and intercultural communication. He is the author of the blog Rational Consent.
