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 Yulun Jiandu, translated by CDT: It is further learned that Li Baojin, Tianjin‘s chief of procuratorate, was seized during last weekend, and rumor has it that his downfall has something to do with Ms. Wang Xiaomao, manager of Haotian Real Estate Development Company. Ms. Wang, 30, was arrested about two months ago because of […]
Read MoreFrom TechWeb.com : An American IT expert visiting China finds strong interest in technology, but plenty of barriers, too — mostly from the Chinese government. Recently returned from a six-city lecture tour in China, IT and search engine expert Steve Arnold was surprised to find that the Chinese business community is eager to learn about […]
Read MoreFrom DNA India.com: Among the reasons that Chinese leaders and intellectuals cite most often to claim that China isn’t “ready” for democracy, four stand out. But these four pillars were knocked down with solid empirical evidence, at a recent seminar in Beijing, by Dr XL Ding, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Professor […]
Read MoreFrom Yulun Jiandu, translated by CDT: Li Xinde, a former reporter, started his citizen journalism with a “mission impossible” – to check the power of the government and scrutinize officials and expose their corruption deals. He was inspired to this career by a lawsuit involving his brother, who was ruled to pay damages of 380,000 […]
Read MoreFrom Yulun Jiandu, translated by CDT: It was learned that 260,000 mu of farm land was illegally taken by local governments in Shangyu City, Zhejiang, with little or no compensation paid to farmers. In Lihai Township of Shangyu, 281 mu of land was sold to Baohua Real Estate Company by Ren Qiliang, Shangyu city party […]
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