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 from Guangming Daily about a scandal brewing, yet again, around big-wig filmmaker Chen Kaige. Translated by CDT: Chen Kaige, who got burned after his film crew polluted the environment, has just started shooting his new film, “Mei Lanfang (Ê¢ÖÂÖ∞Ëä≥).” (the Peking Opera equivalent of Pavarotti) for which he has been given unprecedented access […]
Read MoreBelow are an insider’s look at how Chinese toy workers, predominantly women, labor away at their workshops making millions of toys for people around the world. From mazm.com:
Read MoreChina’s fields are burning as farmers clear the crop stubble after the harvest. Local communities are choking, says Gaoming Jiang, as the country wastes a valuable resource for power generation, fertiliser and food. From China Dialogue: In northern China it is now the middle of the autumn planting season, and once again the farmers are […]
Read MoreCan China influence the next generation of responsible business standards, and help to reshape global markets? Simon Zadek says it just might. From China Dialogue: China’s competitiveness strategy is changing gear. Exporting “cheap and dirty” has underpinned several decades of successful, super-charged economic growth. But this development pathway is now reaching its limits for China […]
Read MoreTranslated by CDT from Guangzhou Daily: Zhao Yanguang (˵µÂª∑ÂÖâ) was, and still is, a professor at the law school of Wuhan University. He has devoted most of his adult life to researching what sentences to give to criminals based on the severity of their crime. And he himself didn’t know why he picked this subject, […]
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