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.

Report: Villagers, Police Clash in China – AP

From AP via the New York Times: Hundreds of people clashed with riot police in a village in southern China, leaving some villagers hospitalized, a news report said Thursday. Hong Kong’s Cable TV broadcast footage from villagers that showed them scuffling with police in riot gear Tuesday. The station said hundreds of people took part […]

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China Seizes Opportunity at Cuba Summit – AP

From AP via the New York Times: China hopes to expand its growing economic and political clout at the Nonaligned Movement summit, influence that analysts say will come at the expense of the United States, which passed up a similar invitation to attend as an observer. Led by China’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Yang […]

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Justice at the Click of a Mouse in China – Reuters

Another Chinese characteristics: automated verdict issuing. From Reuters via the New York Times: A court in China has used a software program to help decide prison sentences in more than 1,500 criminal cases, a Hong Kong newspaper said on Wednesday. The software, tested for two years in a court in Zibo, a city in the […]

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