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 York Times: Anyone who has visited Beijing in the last few years knows that the Forbidden City, the ancient home of China’s emperors, is in the midst of a total restoration. Plans call for work to be completed by 2020, in time to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the imperial compound. The […]
Read MoreFrom Beijing Review: Project 2049 was first proposed in 1999, when the country celebrated the 50th birthday of the New China. The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) put forward a suggestion to the Chinese Government for Project 2049. After receiving government approval in April 2002, the project was officially launched in October 2003. […]
Read MoreFrom AP via the New York Times: A county in southwestern China has killed as many as 50,000 dogs in a government campaign ordered after three people died from rabies, official media reported Tuesday. The five-day massacre in Yunnan province‘s Mouding county spared only military guard dogs and police canine units, the Shanghai Daily reported, […]
Read MoreFrom Peoples Daily Online via Yunlun Jiandu, translated by CDT: Qin Lianhui, deputy secretary of Fushun city party branch of Liaoning, was sentenced to 13 years for taking and making bribes. Its found that Qin took more than 400,000 yuan from an entrepreneur in Fushun for several occasions and he once bribed a city senior […]
Read MoreFrom Yulun Jiandu, translated by CDT: Wang Xiaogang is the oldest son of retired official Wang Yachen. He was a guard at a company in Chaoyang City. Like his sister, he was transferred to Fuxin City public security bureau after tampering with their records and buying some fake diplomas. His sister, Wang Xiaoyun, became the […]
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