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.
Commentary from Beijing Review: If you get deeper into people’s mental world, you will find here and there that cases point to the fact that people’s political fervor, as you can see elsewhere, is still there. The evidence is that politics has stood out as a key discourse during my recent get-togethers with different types […]
Read MoreFrom EastSouthWestNorth blog: This is a run-of-the-mill story: a man goes to petition at the People’s Congress but the police from his hometown were waiting for him and arrested him. This must occur many times each day all over China. So what? We all know that ‘police’ + ‘arrested petitioner’ does not mean much anymore. […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: A two-day economic forum has opened in Taiwan aiming to chart a course for the island’s economic development over the next decade. Heated debates in preparatory meetings failed to reach any consensus. As a result, two of the most sensitive issues – establishing direct transport links and relaxing investment limits for Taiwanese […]
Read MoreInterview excerpts from the New York Times with William Amelio, Lenovo’s chief executive on the Chinese company’s global vision and PR: Q. How did the State Department decision play out? A. It’s dying down dramatically. I personally spent time in Washington, along with other key executives, to help educate a lot of the lawmakers. The […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via the New York Times: An official Chinese commentary accused the Dalai Lama on Wednesday of collaborating with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, rejecting the Tibetan leader’s overtures and casting a shadow over fence-mending talks. The Dalai Lama, who fled his homeland in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, has proposed […]
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