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 Tang Dynasty TV: A Chinese pilot is seeking political asylum after landing in Los Angeles on Wednesday. He is afraid to return to China because he knows he will be persecuted for his beliefs. He told reporters that he was totally unprepared to make this decision, but had to. “They are very […]
Read MoreFrom the Sydney Morning Herald: A high-level European official says there’s clear evidence China is harvesting the organs of dissidents and has urged Australia to boycott the Beijing Olympics unless China ends what amounts to genocide. EU parliament vice president Edward McMillan-Scott and former Canadian minister David Kilgour, who are in Australia, claim China is […]
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia: Authorities in the Tibetan region of Karze (Ganzi, in Chinese) in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan have detained a 16-year-old girl in connection with a crackdown on pro-independence leafleting last month, Tibetan sources said. Before her arrest, Yiwang was studying at Karze Middle School. Born in 1990, she studied at […]
Read MoreFrom EastSouthWestNorth blog: A typical criticism of Xinhua reports is that they are factually challenged since accuracy and truthfulness are allegedly subservient to greater goals such as stability and harmony…. I’ll leave aside the problem of the numbers because this will go on forever without getting anywhere. Instead, I will deal with the emotional aspects […]
Read MoreFrom EastSouthWestNorth blog: In Chenqiying village, Xiaobanqiao town, Kunming city, Yunnan there was a fire at a sponge factory resulting in the eight deaths and two injuries. Two reporters from our newspaper went to the scene, but suddenly several police officers charged up, pushed the reporters back and attempted to prevent them from doing their […]
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