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 Los Angeles Times (link): In a society where caring for parents is no longer a given, the state has stepped in. Shirkers face public shaming, fines, even prison. In Shanghai, the Nanjing East Road Neighborhood Committee recently took to public shaming to ensure that people attend to their aging parents. Anyone who doesn’t visit […]
Read MoreCommentary from Washington Post (link): As China’s economic strength grows, no one, not even the Chinese ourselves, can prevent China’s influence from spreading into politics, values and ideology. It is in those arenas that conflicts with the United States can arise, and unfortunately, it is precisely in those areas that misunderstandings between the two nations […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via the New York Times (link): Days before a summit with President Bush in Washington, Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao called on Sunday for talks between China and Taiwan as soon as possible to maintain peace in the region. China and Taiwan should “resume talks on an equal footing as soon as […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua News Agency (link): Visiting London Mayor Ken Livingstone officially kicked off the “Poems on the Underground” in Shanghai Tuesday, which is part of the efforts to strengthen cultural exchanges between Shanghai and London. Posters showing the English and Chinese translations of the British classics include “Auguries of Innocence” by William Blake, “Daffodils” by […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily (link): According to a survey by condom maker Durex on sexual habits of people around the globe, Hong Kong locals are, for the fourth year in a row, having much less sex than the global average. Hong Kong people engage in sex 78 times a year, well behind those on the mainland […]
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