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: A blind Chinese human rights activist whose jailing last month sparked an international outcry has filed an appeal, asserting authorities stifled his defense and apparently coerced witnesses into testifying against him. Chen Guangcheng attracted world attention last year after issuing a report that said officials in east China’s […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: The wife of a Hong Kong journalist jailed in mainland China for spying says her husband is to appeal. Ching Cheong, the chief China correspondent for Singapore’s Straits Times, was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison. Mary Lau said her husband had sent her a message calling his conviction unfair […]
Read MoreFrom Yulun Jiandu, translated by CDT: According to a story of Jan. 25 issue of Tianjin Tonight, a local newspaper, the public-recognized “corruption buildings” won the 2005 Lu Ban (È≤ÅÁè≠) award, the most prestigious construction and architecture prize in China. It is learned that 85 projects are last year’s Lu Ban awardees, including four in […]
Read MoreFrom Richard Spencer’s blog: The Beijing I saw from my car driver’s seat was the Beijing of quadruple carriageways and Audi A6s, of the Glory China Centre and the Pacific Century Plaza and Central Park, my favourite luxury housing compound for the sarcastic reason that since it was finished the road system nearby has all […]
Read MoreFrom People’s Daily Online via Yulun Jiandu, translated by CDT: Discipline inspection secretary Jiang Zhenhua, also a deputy party secretary of Feidong County in Anhui Province, was recently arrested by Hefei‘s Yaohai District Procuratorate for suspected bribe taking. Yet another fallen discipline secretary after cases of Luo Ziguang, of Loudi City in Hunan, and Peng […]
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