Michael Zhao

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.

25 Coincidences of Busted Corrupt Officials, part two – Gao Fusheng

From People’s Daily Online via Yulun Jiandu, translated by CDT (continued): “Burned (“ÁÉß”Âá∫Êù•ÁöÑ),” like Huang Dakang (ȪѧßÂ∫∑), a Hunan tobacco guru. His “adopted” daughter (Âπ≤•≥ÂÑø) was murdered and her body was incinerated. Huang called the police, who found a diary of the victim with entries about an “improper relationship” between them and Huang’s bribe taking. […]

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Booming Business for Local Police Station in Xuzhou – Li Xinde

From Yulun Jiandu, translated by CDT (more pictures in Chinese full text): As a new popular saying goes, “Thugs used to be in deep valley, now they are right at Public Security.” (“‰ª•ÂâçÁöÑÂúüÂå™Âú®Ê∑±Â±±Ôºå¶ljªäÁöÑÂúüÂå™Âú®ÂÖ¨ÂÆâ„ÄÇ”) The ear-piercing street talk doesn’t come out of nowhere. If they were not personal experiences of Wang Peirong (ÁéãÂüπËç£), Yu Jianqing (‰øûª∫Ê∏Ö), […]

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25 Coincidences of Busted Corrupt Officials, part one – Gao Fusheng

From People’s Daily Online via Yulun Jiandu, translated by CDT: A strange case happened at Urad Front Banner (‰πåÊãâÁâπÂâçÊóó) in Inner Mongolia. A retired official (ÁßëÁ∫ß) moved from an old house to a new one while leaving behind a savings account book with 470,000 yuan in it. While the old house was torn down, a […]

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A City Propaganda Official Sets Record in Bribe-taking – Li Xinde

From Yulun Jiandu, translated by CDT: Along with the down fall, or shuanggui (ÂèåËßÑ), of Binzhou City party secretary Li Dalun (Êùé§߉º¶) in Hunan Province, here came another corruption case of Fan Jiasheng (Ê®äÁî≤Áîü), Binzhou’s propaganda boss at the city’s party branch. Fan netted a solid earning of 4.8 million yuan in a single transaction, […]

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Heilongjiang Gov Building State Secret? – Yulun Jiandu

From Yulun Jiandu, translated by CDT: A photography hobbyist, on the afternoon of Aug. 21, set up a camera to shoot the office building of Heilongjiang Provincial Government. Then an armed police guard of the office complex came up, with airs of anger, said to the photographer: government buildings are state secrets and it’s not […]

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