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.
Not your typical China demolition story. In this case, the petitioners are Chinese Australians. The question: Does it matter? From the New York Times: Beijing observed the one-year countdown to the 2008 Olympics on Wednesday night with fireworks and pageantry at a celebration in Tiananmen Square. A few blocks away, Sun Ruoyu and her sister […]
Read MoreTime alone looks less and less likely to solve China’s river pollution problems. Translated from Xinhua: Provinces throughout the Huai River basin have failed to control the dumping of waste into the river, according to the results of a study recently published by the Ministry of Water Resources’ Huai River Committee. Prepared for an NPC […]
Read MoreChina’s answer to the question seems to be, mostly, no. Just check out the increasingly crowded roads, and longer traffic jams, in Beijing. Translated from Xinmin Weekly: Beijing topped the list of most air-polluted cities in Asia included in a report released at last December’s “better air quality” conference in Indonesia. That came as good […]
Read MoreChina’s National Population and Family Planning Commission has just released a list of new slogans that are recommended for local branches to use. This is a recent effort of the agency to clean up out-dated slogans used across the country, some of which may contain barbaric connotations or at least run against the “putting people […]
Read MoreA translation contest soon to kick off to promote, and more importantly solicit good translations of Beijing’s brand names. Translated from Beijing Evening News: Many have seen, and laughed at embarrassingly awkward translations of menus or signs in Chinese cities, such as “four happy meet balls” for ÂõõÂñú‰∏∏Â≠ê, “lion’s heads that are burnt red” for […]
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