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 BBC News: A prominent Chinese lawyer who helped Shanghai residents protest about the demolition of their homes has been released from prison. Zheng Enchong was freed from Tilanqiao prison after completing a three-year term for passing state secrets to foreigners. Before his arrest he helped hundreds of residents take action after they were left […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: Before the highway arrived last year, threading a strip of black pavement across a moonscape of pale sand, this town in central Xinjiang province was among the lonelier places on earth. Yet just off the highway in Mazha village, life is little changed. Most people spend their days under the tyranny […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily via China Daily: China’s pollution problems are costing the country more than US$200 billion a year, a top official said yesterday as he called for stronger action to balance environmental protection against economic development. Environmental damage is costing the government roughly 10 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, estimated Zhu Guangyao, […]
Read MoreFrom China Net: China plans to establish a series of eco-system protection zones and forest reserves in Tibet to curb the environmental degradation in the region, local officials said Monday. The central government is expected to allocate 38.7 billion yuan (US$4.84 billion) to support the protection of the environment in Tibet between 2006 and 2020. […]
Read MoreFrom Guardian Unlimited: Tony Blair‘s promotion of shared global values and inclusive institutions in his Georgetown speech last month took little account of the rise and rise of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. Few may yet have heard of it. But out of the east comes a radically different paradigm for 21st-century international organisation, short on […]
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