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.
Translated by CDT from China News Agency: China is well able to build a bridge that spans across the Taiwan Strait, renowned bridge designer Lin Yuanpei (ÊûóÂÖÉÂüπ) said at the 50th anniversary of Wuhan’s first Yangtze River Bridge. Over the past 50 years, China has made tremendous headway in bridge building and in materials used […]
Read MoreTranslated by CDT from the Beijing News: Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has inked a new regulation that kicks off a nationwide census on sources of pollution, which will be conducted once every 10 years. The surveying aims to find out the quantity, sectors and regional distribution of various types of pollutant sources, their volumes […]
Read MoreTranslated by CDT from Global Character (ÁéØÁêɉ∫∫Áâ©) magazine: While many countries are either working on or planning a moon landing, China’s first moon explorer, code-named Chang’e I, is about to launch, expected at year’s end. With the launch spectator tickets running as high as 1,000 yuan, there seems to be a shortage of supply. More […]
Read MoreChina’s radio/TV/film watchdog cracks down on smoking scenes in programing. From China Daily: The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), in a statement, criticized film and television producers for their indifference to non-smokers. “Inspection organs at all levels should pay more attention to the excessive use of smoking scenes in movies and teleplays,” […]
Read MoreHere below is an excerpt from ChinaDialogue editor Isabel Hilton’s interview with Nobel winning Al Gore about China and India: IH: There are people, of course, who say, “What’s the point of acting, as long as China and India are not constrained to act?” AG: Well, the truth is that China and India will have […]
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