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 AP via the New York Times (link): The agency promoting China’s wireless encryption standard has accused a U.S. engineers’ group of waging a conspiracy that led a global organization to reject the Chinese system, the country’s official news agency said Monday. China made the accusation in its appeal against the International Standards Organization‘s decision […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via the New York Times (link): China and India pledged on Monday to deepen military exchanges during a visit by Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the latest sign of warming relations between the neighbors and one-time foes. China’s Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan said China supported greater cooperation with India, the official Xinhua news […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via the New York Times (link): A Chinese bishop approved by the Vatican but not by China’s official state-backed Catholic church has defied authorities and officiated at a religious ceremony, a Hong Kong newspaper reported on Monday. The row over Wu Qinjing’s appearance highlighted the current friction between the Holy See and Beijing […]
Read MoreFrom the EastSouthWestNorth blog (link): Contrasted photos with captions that illustrate a rich China and a poor one. Which is the real China? In a rapidly developing country whose rate of growth is considered record-setting, these two China must actually co-exist. Actually, the existence of multiple societies within the same country must exist anywhere you […]
Read MoreFrom the EastSouthWestNorth blog (link): Since broadcasting first on May 17, 1996, CCTV‘s program “News Investigation” has gone through ten years. The 459 episodes, together with the programs that were given orange stickers and locked away in a cabinet because they could not be broadcast, form a historical record of a television’s non-stop pursuit of […]
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