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 USA Today (link): China is expanding military and economic ties throughout Latin America, taking advantage of a wave of anti-American candidates who have come to power and a U.S. law barring military training and aid to a dozen Latin countries. “China’s profile in the region has been ratcheting up sharply,” said Thomas Shannon, […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post (link): U.S. generals did not invite China to a meeting last week attended by 91 countries and aimed at boosting cooperation in the U.S.-declared global war on terrorism, the military said on Thursday. China borders several hot spots, including Afghanistan and Pakistan, and is home to ethnic groups whose members have […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times (link), with Q&A transcript: Yang Yuanqing heads the world’s third-largest maker of personal computers. But few in the United States have ever heard of him – or his company, for that matter. Lenovo Group aims to change that. Since the Chinese company bought IBM Corp.’s PC business last year for […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times (link): Taiwan’s president, Chen Shui-bian, delayed an overseas trip at the last minute on Wednesday after the United States denied him permission to stop overnight on American soil, a diplomatic setback for the independence-leaning Taiwanese leader. The rebuke suggests that the Bush administration remains displeased by Mr. Chen’s move in […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via China Daily (link): Glaciers covering China’s Qinghai–Tibet plateau are shrinking by 7 percent a year due to global warming and the environmental consequences may be dire, Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday. Rising temperatures that have accelerated the melting of glaciers across the “roof of the world” will eventually turn tundra that […]
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