Michael Zhao graduated from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, where he produced an in-depth multimedia thesis on electronic waste dumping from the rich world to developing countries. He also made a short documentary on the same topic, available on his personal site. He now works at Asia Society's Center on US-China Relations as a multimedia producer in New York. Michael worked for the New York Times Beijing Bureau as a reporting assistant from 2003-2005. He graduated from the Beijing Language & Culture University with a bachelor's degree in English. He co-authored a book on learning Chinese language and culture, Urban Chinese: Mandarin in 21st Century China. Michael was born and grew up in Wuhan, China.
From the New York Times: The leader of NASA arrives in China on Sunday for a tour of space agency sites, making him the most senior American space official to go to China to discuss possible cooperation between the countries’ programs. Michael D. Griffin, the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has repeatedly […]
Read MoreFrom Li Xinde’s blog, translated by CDT: When Dandong authorities decided to take on a key criminal case directed by the Ministry of Public Security and Liaoning Branch, Lu Zhaozhong (Âç¢ÂÖÜÂø†) and Li Maokun (ÊùéËåÇÂù§) were two backbone policemen who participated in the investigation and crackdown on Dandong’s gang group headed by Zhou Jingzhu (Âë®ÊôØÁè†) […]
Read MoreFrom AP via the New York Times: A factory worker has been released after serving 17 years in jail for setting fire to a military vehicle during the Tiananmen Square democracy protests, he said Thursday. Zhang Maosheng was 21 in 1989 when he was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on charges of counterrevolutionary […]
Read MoreFrom AP via the New York Times: China’s neighbors worry far more about the country’s military resurgence than about its massive economic surge, international polling suggests. Although China’s exploding economy was seen as much less of a threat than its military, only in Japan and China — 95 percent of Chinese — was the Chinese […]
Read MoreTry to log onto Yulun Jiandu’s two sites and you will get a “no entry” sign or a blue sky photo with the left column spelling out sections like “dating,” “Las Vegas” and “Hawaii.” Seems like Li Xinde’s persistent efforts to fight rounds of censorship or shut-down of his sites are running against the “Great […]
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