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.
“Made in China” may be running a reputation deficit around the world, but not back home in Beijing, which needs tons of steel to build stadiums and other infrastructure projects. Translated by CDT from China Business News: A conservative estimate puts the total demand for steel in the pre-Olympics infrastructure build-up at 3 million tons. […]
Read MoreHere is a photo contrasting a blue-sky day and a smoggy day in Beijing. The two photos are not photoshopped except that they were stitched together after being cropped to present a contrast. For most days of the year, however, Beijing looks more like the right half than the left. But Beijing authorities have another […]
Read MoreChen Shui-bian is good at going tougher and tougher. From the New York Times: President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan on Thursday denounced a peace overture from President Hu Jintao of China that has received a cautious welcome here from both candidates for the presidential election next March. “It is very clear now that if we […]
Read MoreTranslated by CDT from Xinhua: The Jiangsu provincial environmental protection bureau recently issued a pollutant control quota regime for sewage treatment plants and major industrial factories around Lake Tai, which will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2008. This is the first major revamp of the pollutant control standards since the algae bloom in the […]
Read MoreTranslated by CDT from Xinhua: It’s been learned that some local vocational academies or elementary to middle-high schools have been organizing their students for migrant jobs, in the name of work-study or academic internships. The Ministry of Education recently passed down directives through its system to crack down on the phenomenon in a joint effort […]
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