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.
Some major news for investors and econo-China watchers. From the Wall Street Journal: Warren Buffett is selling off his most high-profile investment in China and investors and social activists are wondering why. The investors, who closely follow Mr. Buffett’s market moves, say the sale of most of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s stake in PetroChina Co. is […]
Read MoreChina now seems to be where the US was in the late 1990s, stock market-wise. From the Wall Street Journal: The Chinese market for new stock offerings is starting to look a lot like the U.S. in the late 1990s. In those days, hotly sought-after initial public offerings of tech companies — like Ask Jeeves […]
Read MoreChina fights back after latest US’s bashing of “made in China.” From the Wall Street Journal: The Chinese government, scrambling to counter a storm of criticism over the safety of the nation’s exports, is now taking aim at products sent to China from some of America’s largest companies. In an interview with The Wall Street […]
Read MoreAn interesting commentary on an interesting directive from the Shanghai government that requires civil servants to read a lot. Translated from China Youth Daily by CDT: “In order to expand the knowledge base in an all-around way and to promote life-long learning,” the Shanghai municipal government issued a trial directive, about building a study-style (Â≠¶‰π†Âûã) […]
Read MoreChina’s air defense gain worries Taiwan, according to the New York Times: The blanket of China’s air defense radar now almost matches similar networks in developed countries, state media reported today, in an announcement that coincided with Taiwan’s first National Day military parade in 16 years. A senior officer from Chinese Air Force headquarters, Fang […]
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