Dinner Conversation with Foreign Policy Magazine's David Wertime on China's Information Game

Information on China has never been more readily accessible, yet the relationship between China and the U.S. has become prone to false narratives and misunderstandings, says David Wertime, Foreign Policy's Senior Editor.  Join the Yale Club of Beijing for a dinner with David, who will speak about how information moves between the U.S. and China, how policy makers and average citizens should consume that information, and how existing Internet architecture could be used to raise the quality of information available about China.  He will also talk about his journey launching Tea Leaf Nation, the content and media analysis site that was bought in September 2013 by the Washington Post Company (now Graham Holdings), which owns FP. 

David Wertime is a Senior Editor at Foreign Policy. He has discussed Chinese media and U.S.-China relations on outlets including BBC television, Al Jazeera English television, Public Radio International, and Voice of America, and spoken before audiences that include the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, the Wilson Center and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office. David is a Truman National Security Fellow, a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, and a ChinaFile Fellow at the Asia Society. Prior to joining FP, he co-founded Tea Leaf Nation, an independent media analysis company focused on China, later acquired by the Washington Post. Before that, he practiced corporate law in New York and Hong Kong. He was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Chongqing. David graduated from Yale College in 2001 and holds a law degree from Harvard University.

Date & Time: Friday, June 13, 2014. 7:30-9:00pm.  

Cost: RMB200/person in advance via Yoopay, at https://yoopay.cn/event/31763329.  Sign up early as there are only 30 seats. RMB300 at the door if there is still space.  

Venue: Courtyard Institute, near the Forbidden City.  (The owner will make a brief intro of the courtyard's history at 7:00pm.)

-      By bike or by car

1）From the EAST GATE OF JINGSHAN PARK, walk south for 20 - 30 meters, turn left onto Shatan Houjie (沙灘後街), walk east for 150 – 200 meters, turn right into Xilao Hutong 西老胡同; walk to the end and turn left, you will find 28 Zhonglao Hutong 中老胡同 (red dot on the map below) on your right very soon.

2）From CBD area, find the National Gallery 美術館 first, and head west for 600 meters to west end of Wusi Dajie 五四大街西口; turn right onto Shatan Beijie 沙滩北街, look for Red Wall 紅牆 Hotel on your left. Zhonglao Hutong is immediate  to the south of the hotel.

3) Parking: Don't drive into or park in Zhonglao Hutong as it is very narrow. You can park in Huayu Hotel 華育賓館 (red "P" on the map below), which is on Shatan Houjie (沙滩后街), at 8 RMB per hour. 

-     By bus or subway

Get off Bus No. 111 or 103 at Shatan Lukou Xi (沙灘路口西). Walk further west for 100 meters, you will see the Red Wall Hotel, and Zhonglao Hutong is just to the south of the hotel.  You can also take subway to Dongsi Station on Line 5, and change for bus or walk for 20 minutes.

-        Call for directions (8610) 6601-6366