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 China Daily (link): An expert Monday warned that official figures are seriously underestimating the amount of property currently lying empty in China. According to a first quarter report released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Saturday, 123 million square metres of space in new buildings was unused at the end of March, […]
Read MoreFrom the Taipei Times (link): The Ministry of National Defense announced that the computer simulations that form part of the annual Han Kuang military exercises began yesterday. The purpose of the simulations is mainly to test the military’s ground combat abilities. “This year’s Han Kuang computer exercise will simulate a cross-strait war breaking out in […]
Read MoreFrom Yulun Jiandu (link) (translated by CDT): Land should belong to the farmers. But some officials have become “landlords” after shady maneuverings. They are not only paid salaries by the government but also collect rents from the farmers. The local government of Fujin City of Heilongjiang Province has already become the biggest “landlord” in the […]
Read MoreFrom the Christian Science Monitor (link): As Chinese leaders fret over rising peasant protests, political instability, and a decay of traditional values, the Communist Party is experimenting with multiple new messages –...
Read MoreColumn from the Los Angeles Times (link): IN THE OLD days, Chinese emperors sat in splendor in the Forbidden City and waited for the barbarians to come to them. That only changed in 1979, when Deng Xiaoping turned Chinese history on its head, becoming the first leader of the People’s Republic of China to visit […]
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