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.
Helping poor college students has become a magnet of controversy and heated national debate, with “generous” funders asking for a lot of gratitude. Translated from Southern Weekend: Duan Dongren, a pseudo-name for a college student from Baokang mountainous area (‰øùÂ∫∑±±Âå∫), was a recipient of 1,000 yuan from a woman entrepreneur in Hubei‘s Xiangfan City (Ë•ÑÊ®ä). […]
Read MoreHere’s a socialist approach to cooling down the recent pork price surge. But it’s not quite working before it is bound to collapse. Translated from a compiled report by the Beijing News: More than 150 supermarket stores in western China’s Chongqing city made a bold move by binding together in a noble cause to reverse, […]
Read MoreChina’s job market is probably getting tighter as quickly as the economy grows, thus the story. Translated from the Yangtze Evening News (Êâ¨Â≠êÊôöÊä•): In Binhai County (ʪ®Êµ∑) of Yancheng (ÁõêÂüé) in Jiangsu Province, the urban hygiene administration (ÁéØ¢ÉÂç´ÁîüÁÆ°ÁêÜÊâÄ) meant to create some job opportunities for relatives of its employees by hiring about 40 street-sweepers. But […]
Read MoreChina’s outspoken environmental official is sounding the alarm again, in his article published by Reporters’ Observation magazine. Translated by CDT: Since this summer, a succession of blue algae bloom cases in Lakes Tai (§™Êπñ), Dian (ʪáʱ†) and Chao (Â∑¢Êπñ) signaled a strong message: the traditional development model’s accumulated environmental costs have reached a tipping point. […]
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