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 Reuters via the New York Times: Chinese police have detained dissident writer Zhang Jianhong on allegations of “inciting subversion” through online political essays, a U.S.-based group advocating media rights said on Thursday. Police raided Zhang’s home in eastern China’s Zhejiang province on September 6, detained him and confiscated his computer, the Committee to Protect […]
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia: Authorities in the Tibetan region of Karze in China’s southwestern Sichuan province have arrested a 22-year-old monk as part of a broader crackdown on anti-Chinese sentiment, making him the eighth Buddhist monk arrested or detained there this year, Tibetan sources said. Lobsang Palden, a monk at Karze monastery, was detained Aug. […]
Read MoreLatest installment in the typology of corrupt officials from People’s Daily Online via Yulun Jiandu, translated by CDT: “Announced (“Á§∫“Âá∫Êù•ÁöÑ),” like Yang Shunjiang (Êù®È°∫ʱü), former deputy party secretary of Qiuqiao Township in Huai’an City, Jiangsu Province. Yang participated in an open bid for the position of Chuzhou District Health Bureau Chief in late 2001. In […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via the New York Times: China sentenced a former senior provincial official to 11 years in jail for taking bribes, state media reported on Tuesday, adding to the toll of cadres punished in the Communist Party’s anti-corruption drive. The former deputy Communist Party secretary of coal-rich Shanxi province in northern China, Hou Wujie […]
Read MoreContinuing the typology of corrupt officials from People’s Daily Online via Yulun Jiandu, translated by CDT: “Prostitution-raided (“´ñ“Âá∫Êù•ÁöÑ),” like Chen Lijun (ÈôàÁ´ãÈíß), Zhoushan City’s chief of customs. In fall 2000, Zhejiang police deployed a major maneuver to bust smuggler Dong Xinshu and his associates in Zhouhan City. Early in the morning, policemen went into Dong’s […]
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