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: At a ceremony in Brussels, he (the Dalai Lama) presented a Tibetan butter lamp to the Herge Foundation representing Tintin books. The book Tintin in Tibet was published in the same year that the Dalai Lama fled the Himalayan kingdom. He also presented a lamp and silk scarf to fellow Nobel Peace […]
Read MoreArticles from the Beijing Review about Christians, Christianity and its development in China: – Becoming a Believer: The Bible has a major influence on many Chinese, including those who are not raised as Christians. [full text] – Translation of the Bible in China: History of the Bible’s Chinese version and early missionaries in China [full […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily via Xinhua: Officials and experts yesterday called for preparatory steps to be taken in the construction of the final west route of the south-to-north water diversion project, to bring much needed water to parched Northwest China. Once completed the project will carry urgently needed water from southern China through a series of […]
Read MoreFrom Radia Free Asia: Chinese authorities in Xinjiang have formally detained two sons of exiled Uyghur dissident Rebiya Kadeer and are keeping one of her daughters under house arrest for alleged tax evasion, after “seriously” beating one son in front of his children, according to the Kadeer family and an official news report. Kadeer’s U.S.-based […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua News Agency (link): The Communist Party of China (CPC) is to conduct a nationwide review of disciplinary and legal action against officials who contribute to industrial accidents through corruption or negligence. The CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced the review in a circular, saying some public officials and departments were failing to […]
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