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.
A commentary translated by CDT from the Beijing News: From June to October, the city of Harbin in Heilongjiang Province put hidden cameras on its roads and recorded more than 5,900 occurrences of police cars running red lights, according to Xinhua. Of course, local police officers are not allowed to run so many red lights […]
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Read MoreFrom China Business News, summary translation by CDT: Mr. Wang, an owner of five or six properties in Shenzhen, has felt the chill running through the pioneering city’s real estate market. Wang is busy renovating a newly purchased apartment so he can rent it out and pay off the monthly mortgage. While recently doing the […]
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