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 Tianya forum via the EastSouthWestNorth blog: A grandmother was detained five days for picking up 28 empty bottles on a train. An Internet forum post generated a firestorm, and the public security bureau had to apologize and rescind the penalty. To obtain medical treatment for the three-year-old child, our family has been impoverished. During […]
Read MoreFrom the Zhejiang News Net via the EastSouthWestNorth blog: On June 8, a public interest advertisement with semi-nude women appeared on the advertisement boards of the major public transportation stops in the city of Changsha. The advertisement was on behalf of the Pink Ribbon campaign. The three women were Xu Jing (a popular program host […]
Read MoreFrom AP via the New York Times: Some 20,000 Taiwanese demonstrated in the capital Saturday, demanding the president resign over allegations some of his relatives engaged in insider trading. The protest was part of an opposition campaign for a referendum to oust President Chen Shui-bian, whose term ends in 2008. A new opinion poll found […]
Read MoreAudio clips from the National Geographic with Peter Hessler talking about China’s changes, social, economical and political: In the past decade Peter Hessler emerged as one of the preeminent Western writers living in China. Originally from Missouri, he started out in China as a Peace Corps volunteer at Fuling Teachers College. The experience led to […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei: China’s rock legends will gather in Shenyang on the 16th of this month for a three-day concert commemorating the 20th anniversary of rock music’s arrival on the national stage. To properly observe such a landmark, the country’s media outlets have been featuring retrospectives on the history of domestic rock, dusting off stories they […]
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