Chen Weihua
{{Short description|Chinese journalist (born 1963)}}
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| birth_place = Shanghai, China{{Cite tweet |user=chenweihua |last=Chen |first=Weihua |number=1678272699435479040|date=10 July 2023 |title=Indeed, just this simple topic shows China's rich culture and history. And most foreigners are not aware of. For example, the concept of ancestral hometown, 祖籍。I was born and raised in Shanghai but my ancestral hometown from Fujian. Complicated and confusing sometime😂}}
| nationality = Chinese
| alma_mater = Fudan University
| employer = China Daily
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| s = 陈卫华
| t = 陳衛華
| p = Chén Wèihuá
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Chen Weihua ({{lang-zh|s=陈卫华}}) is a Chinese journalist, currently serving as EU bureau chief of China Daily, an English-language newspaper owned by the Chinese Communist Party.{{Cite news|last=Weihua|first=Chen|date=19 November 2020|title=Acting tough on China will get US nowhere|work=China Daily|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202011/19/WS5fb5fbf9a31024ad0ba95323.html|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429220906/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202011/19/WS5fb5fbf9a31024ad0ba95323.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Vanderklippe|first=Nathan|date=22 June 2020|title=Huawei's Meng far more valuable than Canada's Kovrig and Spavor, Chinese journalist says|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-huaweis-meng-far-more-valuable-than-canadas-kovrig-and-spavor/|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308200409/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-huaweis-meng-far-more-valuable-than-canadas-kovrig-and-spavor/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last1=Baker|first1=Luke|last2=Emmott|first2=Robin|date=14 May 2020|title=As China pushes back on virus, Europe wakes to 'Wolf Warrior' diplomacy|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-china-insig-idUSKBN22Q2EZ|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429220906/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-china-insig-idUSKBN22Q2EZ|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last=Everington |first=Keoni |date=11 November 2020 |title=China Daily EU chief drops F-bomb in Twitter exchange with German minister |work=Taiwan News |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4050936 |url-status=live |access-date=29 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202033458/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4050936 |archive-date=2 February 2021}} Chen has previously served as a columnist, chief Washington correspondent, and deputy editor of the U.S. edition of China Daily.{{Cite news|last=Meyers|first=Jessica|date=23 August 2020|title=China denounces U.S. sanctions on North Korea trade|work=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite web|date=2017|title=Chen Weihua: China Daily and Global Communication|url=http://en.shisu.edu.cn/resources/events/lecture/china-daily-global-communication|url-status=live|access-date=29 April 2021|website=Shanghai International Studies University|archive-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429220909/http://en.shisu.edu.cn/resources/events/lecture/china-daily-global-communication}}{{Cite news|last=Polus|first=Sarah|date=3 December 2020|title=GOP senator gets into nasty Twitter spat with Chinese journalist|work=The Hill|url=https://thehill.com/briefingroom-blogroll/528670-gop-senator-gets-into-nasty-twitter-spat-with-chinese-journalist|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429220906/https://thehill.com/briefingroom-blogroll/528670-gop-senator-gets-into-nasty-twitter-spat-with-chinese-journalist|url-status=live}}
Education
Chen is a graduate of Fudan University, where he studied international journalism and microbiology. After graduating, Chen has held fellowships at the University of Hawai'i and Macalester College, as well as a John S. Knight journalism fellowship at Stanford University from 2004 until 2005.{{Cite web|title=Class of 2005|url=https://jsk.stanford.edu/fellows/class-of-2005/|url-status=live|access-date=29 April 2021|website=John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships|publisher=Stanford University|archive-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429220908/https://jsk.stanford.edu/fellows/class-of-2005/}}{{Cite web|date=5 April 2021|title=Chen Weihua|url=https://www.chinafile.com/contributors/chen-weihua|url-status=live|access-date=29 April 2021|website=ChinaFile|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430012422/https://www.chinafile.com/contributors/chen-weihua}}
Career
Chen began his journalism career at China Daily in 1987. His writing focuses on U.S. politics and U.S.-China relations.{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=Commentaries by Chen Weihua |url=https://www.chinausfocus.com/author/10328/Chen+Weihua.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430012741/https://www.chinausfocus.com/author/10328/Chen+Weihua.html |archive-date=30 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021 |website=China US Focus |publisher=China–United States Exchange Foundation}}{{Cite news|date=2021|title=Chen Weihua|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/chenweihua.html|url-status=live|access-date=29 April 2021|website=China Daily|archive-date=21 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421231325/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/chenweihua.html}}
In 2005, while a journalism fellow at Stanford University, Chen served as the deputy editor-in-chief of the Shanghai Star and the deputy Shanghai bureau chief of China Daily. Since then, Chen has served as a columnist and chief Washington correspondent for China Daily{{Cite news|last=Peralta|first=Eyder|date=17 August 2011|title=Ambassador Locke Picks Up His Own Coffee, Gains 'Hero' Status Among Chinese|work=National Public Radio|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/08/17/139720794/ambassador-locke-picks-up-his-own-coffee-gains-hero-status-among-chinese|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429220905/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/08/17/139720794/ambassador-locke-picks-up-his-own-coffee-gains-hero-status-among-chinese|url-status=live}} and the deputy editor for China Daily USA. He has appeared on China Central Television, ABC News, NPR and KQED. As of 2020, Chen serves as the EU bureau chief of China Daily.{{Cite news|last=Jiangtao|first=Shi|date=5 December 2020|title=2020 in a nutshell? Chinese state media journalist responds to US senator's racist tweet with sexist insult|work=South China Morning Post|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3112734/2020-nutshell-chinese-state-media-journalist-responds-us|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429224947/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3112734/2020-nutshell-chinese-state-media-journalist-responds-us|url-status=live}} According to the editorial board of The Jerusalem Post, he has remained a popular columnist at China Daily.{{Cite news|date=19 August 2020|title=China has proven to be a bad actor. We owe them nothing.|work=The Jerusalem Post|url=https://www.jpost.com/opinion/china-has-proven-to-be-a-bad-actor-we-owe-them-nothing-639116|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429220905/https://www.jpost.com/opinion/china-has-proven-to-be-a-bad-actor-we-owe-them-nothing-639116|url-status=live}}
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Chen has used Twitter to criticize politicians and public figures who are critical of the Chinese government.{{Cite news |last1=Chappell |first1=Bill |date=19 January 2021 |title=Pompeo Accuses China Of Genocide Against Muslim Uighurs In Xinjiang |language=en |website=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/01/19/958468971/pompeo-accuses-china-of-genocide-against-muslim-uighurs-in-xinjiang |url-status=live |access-date=2021-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502101814/https://www.npr.org/2021/01/19/958468971/pompeo-accuses-china-of-genocide-against-muslim-uighurs-in-xinjiang |archive-date=2 May 2021}}{{Cite news |date=2021-01-06 |title=Chinese state media compares pro-Trump rioters to Hong Kong: "Learning from you guys" |url=https://www.newsweek.com/chinese-state-media-compares-pro-trump-rioters-hong-kong-learning-you-guys-1559500 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502133546/https://www.newsweek.com/chinese-state-media-compares-pro-trump-rioters-hong-kong-learning-you-guys-1559500 |archive-date=2 May 2021 |access-date=2021-05-02 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Nakamura |first=David |title=As he seeks to punish China, Trump faces criticism at home over his own attacks on democratic values |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-he-seeks-to-punish-china-trump-faces-criticism-at-home-over-his-own-attacks-on-democratic-values/2020/05/29/26c6772a-a1b6-11ea-81bb-c2f70f01034b_story.html |url-status=live |access-date=2021-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801110944/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-he-seeks-to-punish-china-trump-faces-criticism-at-home-over-his-own-attacks-on-democratic-values/2020/05/29/26c6772a-a1b6-11ea-81bb-c2f70f01034b_story.html |archive-date=1 August 2020 |issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite news |last=Beach |first=Sophie |date=2019-12-07 |title=Chinese Diplomats Take Their "Fighting Spirit" to Twitter, with Mixed Results |url=https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2019/12/chinese-diplomats-take-their-fighting-spirit-to-twitter-with-mixed-results/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502133547/https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2019/12/chinese-diplomats-take-their-fighting-spirit-to-twitter-with-mixed-results/ |archive-date=2 May 2021 |access-date=2021-05-02 |website=China Digital Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=11 November 2020 |title=China Daily EU chief drops F-bomb in Twitter exchange with German minister |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4050936 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202033458/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4050936 |archive-date=2 February 2021 |access-date=2021-05-02 |website=Taiwan News}}{{Cite news|last=Kwan|first=Rhoda|date=19 October 2020|title=Climate activist Greta Thunberg joins campaign to release Hong Kong fugitives detained in China|work=Hong Kong Free Press|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2020/10/19/climate-activist-greta-thunberg-joins-campaign-to-release-hong-kong-fugitives-detained-in-china/}} Chen has written that the US political system was "dysfunctional" and described then-US president Donald Trump as a "racist". The Globe and Mail said that Chen's tweets are consistent with the tone of wolf warrior diplomacy.{{Cite news|last=Vanderklippe|first=Nathan|date=22 July 2020|title=Huawei's Meng far more valuable than Canada's Kovrig and Spavor, Chinese journalist says|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-huaweis-meng-far-more-valuable-than-canadas-kovrig-and-spavor/|access-date=29 April 2021|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308200409/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-huaweis-meng-far-more-valuable-than-canadas-kovrig-and-spavor/|url-status=live}} Chen wrote that the term wolf warrior was used by people who "either don't know or pretend to not know the reckless diplomatic style of politicians such as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo".{{Cite news |last=宋婧祎 |title=If China's diplomats are 'wolf warriors', what is Pompeo? |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202012/11/WS5fd2b457a31024ad0ba9b229.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502133546/https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202012/11/WS5fd2b457a31024ad0ba9b229.html |archive-date=2 May 2021 |access-date=2021-05-02 |website=China Daily}}
Chen's Twitter account was briefly suspended in 2019 for what Twitter described as "inciting violence" towards protestors in Hong Kong, after writing that the protestors would have been shot by police if they were in the United States. In December 2020, Chen engaged in a Twitter argument with American politician Marsha Blackburn after she labeled China as a nation with a "5,000 year history of cheating and stealing." Chen initially responded with a single-word tweet stating "Bitch" and then described Blackburn as "the most racist and ignorant US Senator I have seen. A lifetime bitch".{{Cite news |last1=Polus |first1=Sarah |date=3 December 2020 |title=GOP senator gets into nasty Twitter spat with Chinese journalist |url=https://thehill.com/briefingroom-blogroll/528670-gop-senator-gets-into-nasty-twitter-spat-with-chinese-journalist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605120946/https://thehill.com/briefingroom-blogroll/528670-gop-senator-gets-into-nasty-twitter-spat-with-chinese-journalist/ |archive-date=5 June 2023 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=The Hill}}{{Cite news |title=Tennessee senator slurs China for cheating and stealing, and top Chinese journalist calls her a 'lifetime b----' |url=https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/tennessee-senator-slurs-china-for-cheating-and-stealing-and-top-chinese-journalist-calls-her-a-lifetime-b-/articleshow/79569789.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628064612/https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/tennessee-senator-slurs-china-for-cheating-and-stealing-and-top-chinese-journalist-calls-her-a-lifetime-b-/articleshow/79569789.cms |archive-date=28 June 2022 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=Business Insider}}
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Chen retweeted a twitter post that said there was no evidence of a massacre in Bucha and that the West was "staging atrocities to jack up emotions, demonize adversaries and extend wars".{{Cite news |last1=Mozur |first1=Paul |last2=Myers |first2=Steven Lee |last3=Liu |first3=John |date=2022-04-11 |title=China's Echoes of Russia's Alternate Reality Intensify Around the World |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/11/technology/china-russia-propaganda.html |access-date=2022-05-17 |issn=0362-4331 |quote=Only the day before, Chen Weihua, a vocal and prolific editor at China Daily, which is owned by the Chinese government, seemed to do just that. He retweeted a widely shared post that said there was not “one iota” of proof of massacre in Bucha and accused the West of "staging atrocities to jack up emotions, demonize adversaries and extend wars." |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520232804/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/11/technology/china-russia-propaganda.html |url-status=live }}