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 Radio Free Asia (link): Chinese authorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang have threatened to close a retail building owned by exiled Uyghur dissident Rebiya Kadeer on grounds it poses a fire hazard, in what the Kadeer family describe as retaliation for her criticism of Beijing. An order published in the Xinjiang Economic […]
Read MoreOpinion from the Los Angeles Times (link): WHEN Mao Tse-tung and his Communist forces swept across China and won its civil war in 1949, the pope’s representative to China, Msgr. Antonio Riberi, sent a message from his office in Nanjing to the 5,500 Catholic missionaries spread across the country. It ordered the faithful to stay […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via the New York Times (link): Chinese Christian dissidents critical of Beijing’s controls on religion say they are scheduled to meet President George W. Bush in the White House this week to discuss freedom of belief in China. Yu Jie, a Beijing-based writer and evangelical Christian, told Reuters by telephone from Midland, Texas, […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua via China Daily (link): For the residents of some ancient Chinese cities like Beijing, Nanjing and Xi’an, which are in the throes of redevelopment, memories of their past are fading rapidly. Hutongs, or narrow alleys lined with traditional Beijing courtyard houses, and place names are being replaced by modern buildings. Nowadays, it’s almost […]
Read MoreFrom CRI via China Daily (link): A trendy psychological game called “Manslaughter” has become increasingly popular in China, especially among young white-collar types, with some even developing an addiction to the game, the China Youth Daily reported. “Manslaughter game pubs” have started opening in some Chinese cities as of last year. People addicted to the […]
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