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 Southern Weekend, translated by the EastSouthWestNorth blog (link): Xu Qian and Wang Ke are Internet police officers at the Internet Security Supervisory Department of the Shenzhen Public Security Bureau. In the past, they were just “lurking” in the dark at the forums and watching the Internet netizens bustle around. The netizens had not […]
Read MoreFrom the EastSouthWestNorth blog (link): A national-level newspaper is a media brand name in China. Most of the local news bureaus around the country are not directly controlled by the newspaper headquarters itself. Here is how things look (warning: this is an illustrative example, but it does not mean that all local news bureaus are […]
Read MoreFrom CNA via the Taipei Times (link): President Chen Shui-bian‘s approval rating has dropped to a new low of just 5.8 percent, with 88 percent of respondents dissatisfied with the performance of Chen’s administration over the past six years, according to the results of a survey released yesterday. The survey was conducted by the Taiwan […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua News Agency (link): Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) on Monday formally introduced its proven rental store concept to Chinese customers at an international trade show for the construction industry – CONEXPO Asia 2006 – in Beijing. “These Cat Rental Stores will give our Chinese customers greater access to the machines and tools they need […]
Read MoreFrom NPR via China Daily (link): The village of Dalaochi is the only settlement along a stretch of road in mountainous Northwest Gansu province. The village’s mud-brick buildings seem to be a continuation of the khaki-colored earth on which they’re built. Farmer Wei Zijian squats at the entrance to the village, sipping from a jar […]
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