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: China’s central bank on Friday moved to curb excessive lending for the second time in five weeks, in a bid to cool a surging economy. The People’s Bank of China ordered commercial banks to increase the amount of funds they hold in reserve to tighten the credit available for investment […]
Read MoreFrom Zhinong Net, translated by CDT: A research team from the Chinese Agricultural University went into 24 townships and 60 villages in six provinces in northern, central and southern China for a survey of Chinese farmers’ rights protection. Although there has been significant progress, the survey finds, problems that still exist are pretty worrisome. It’s […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Amnesty International is urging UK users of Yahoo, Microsoft and Google to e-mail the companies asking them to change the way they operate in China. The human rights organisation says the companies are aiding internet censorship in the Communist state. And it is asking them to reveal which words they have banned […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via the New York Times: Taiwan staged its biggest live-fire army drills in about 20 years on Thursday, showcasing latest weaponry designed to combat a potential Chinese attack as Beijing builds its military might. More than 13,000 soldiers took part in the exercise, which saw U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets screaming across the sky […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via the New York Times: A Chinese man set himself on fire in Beijing’s central Tiananmen Square on Thursday to protest not being paid, Xinhua news agency said. The man was being treated in hospital. Tiananmen Square, the symbolic political heart of China and the site of the 1989 massacre of pro-democracy protesters, […]
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