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 Oriental Morning Post via sina.com (in Chinese), translated by CDT (link): Vice Director Luo Ge of China’s National Space Administration said with a little frustration that he hoped the United States be more “open” in cooperation in space programs with China during his visit to Washington, DC. Guo Xiaobing, a space strategy expert in […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua News Agency via sina.com (in Chinese), translated by CDT (link): An official with Russia’s Natural Gas Export Company said on April 4 in Moscow that his country will sign a governmental agreement late this year to kick off exports of natural gas to China, after a momerandum of understanding signed off by President […]
Read MoreFrom Chutian Metro Daily via sina.com (in Chinese), translated by CDT (link): Hubei‘s Hanchuan city government recently passed down a list of quota for liquor consumption, in public-fund-financed treats, of a local brand to government agencies and local townships in its jurisdiction, mostly in thousands of US dollars. The total amount of all the quota […]
Read MoreFrom China News Agency via sina.com (in Chinese), translated by CDT (link): Lien Chan, honorary chairman of the Nationalist Party in Taiwan, will meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao on April 16 with his visiting delegation of 60 Taiwan’s Pan-Blue political figures and business executives during their trip to the Mainland to attend the first […]
Read MoreFrom USA Today (link): U.S. airline competition for China has heated up. Fort Worth-based American Airlines on Sunday began flying daily Chicago-Shanghai flights, marking the first service ever to China by the world’s largest carrier. American’s daily 14-hour, non-stop flight creates direct competition with United Airlines‘ 2-year-old service on the route, and underscores the frenzy […]
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