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 EastSouthWestNorth blog (Here is an article by Situ Beichen republished at Fu Jianfeng’s blog): Chiu Yi’s speech had become a hot topic on the Peking University campus. The 500-seat conference hall had more than 1,000 students attempting to sign up. But things changed quickly. The May 28 speech was canceled on the evening […]
Read MoreFrom Beijing Review: Latest statistics released by the Ministry of Land and Resources show that in the last five years, due to rapid economic development and the frequent adjustment of the agricultural structure, cultivated land declined by 6 million hectares on the Chinese mainland, from 128.27 million hectares in October 2000 to 122.08 million hectares […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: A top Chinese diplomat has vigorously defended his country’s growing economic involvement in Africa, including close trade links with Zimbabwe and Sudan. The charge d’affaires at China’s South Africa embassy, Zhou Yuxiao, said China was just protecting its own interests. Its policy of non-interference in the affairs of others has nothing to […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: A military transport plane carrying 40 people has crashed in the east Chinese province of Anhui with the reported loss of at least five lives. The state news agency said that a rescue mission was under way while local sources reported human remains strewn across a mountainside. Villagers rushed to the scene […]
Read MoreFrom AP via the New York Times: It’s become an annual tradition in Hong Kong for thousands of people to light candles and sing solemn songs to commemorate the Tiananmen Square protests — the only public vigil allowed in China marking the bloody crackdown. But Sunday’s 17th anniversary comes amid a debate on how pro-democracy […]
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