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 Bloomberg via Los Angeles Times (link): Microsoft Corp. said Chinese personal-computer maker Founder Technology Group agreed to buy $250 million of Windows software over the next three years as part of efforts to curb piracy. Founder also will help Microsoft promote the use of genuine Windows software, the companies said. See also “piracy statistics […]
Read MoreFrom AP via Los Angeles Times (link): Thousands of shoppers thronged the opening of IKEA‘s biggest Asian store Wednesday as the Swedish furniture maker launched a bid to expand its share of China’s thriving home improvement market. The store ” IKEA’s biggest after its Stockholm flagship ” is part of a wave of expansion by […]
Read MoreFrom Los Angeles Times (link): WHEN PRESIDENT Bush meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao on April 20, will he raise the issue of China’s role in Africa? He should. China’s rising and underreported influence in Africa is posing a direct challenge to American influence and undermining U.S. policy. At the U.N. Security Council, China ” […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via the New York Times (link): Taiwan’s independence-leaning government said on Thursday it may lift a ban on visits by Chinese tourists to the island, a move that could trump an opposition delegation’s talks in Beijing this weekend. “Even if (China) continues to stall negotiations with us, we do not rule out the […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times (link): Everything, everything must change, says the Tao. Consider the course of contemporary Chinese art. Two decades ago it barely existed, at least as far as we knew. By the 1990’s, it was a crouching tiger on the international scene, powerful but held back. Now the tiger has taken a […]
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