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 Xinhua via China Net: A Chinese non-government organization (NGO) will go to London and compete for a renowned international environmental prize for its efforts to promote the use of clean energy in rural areas of northwest China. The Shaanxi Mothers Environmental Protection Volunteers Association has been picked as one of the finalists in the […]
Read MoreFrom China Net: Beijing’s media observed on the streets that the lack of urgency when pedestrians crossed streets and roads was a major problem in road crossing etiquette. Experts also pointed out that Chinese take longer to cross streets than people overseas. According to expert analysis, the phenomena of pedestrians’ “watch cars but not traffic […]
Read MoreFrom China Net: The number of foreigners studying in China hit 141,000 in 2005, up 27.28 percent from the figure a year earlier, with 86,679 of them coming to China to study Mandarin (putonghuaÊôÆÈÄöËØù), the Ministry of Education said on Monday. The Ministry’s spokesman Wang Xuming told a press conference that China witnessed the record […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily via Xinhua News Agency: Today’s college entrance exam is often likened to thousands of people and horses trying to cross a narrow footbridge. This year a record figure of 9.5 million high-school graduates will sit down for the first day of tests, each vying for one of only 2.6 million undergraduate places. […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: Chinese engineers have demolished the temporary barrier behind the Three Gorges dam, in a spectacular explosion. The barrier, called a cofferdam, was used to hold back the waters of the Yangtze River while the permanent structure of the dam was built. Enough explosives to topple 400 10-storey buildings were used in the […]
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