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.
Time to win the new war on Taihu Lake pollution. An old one has pretty much lost. Translated from Southern Weekend: Wu Shouxin (Âê¥ÂØøÈë´), a 68-year-old retired teacher, lives right off a tiny river called Lengdu Gang (ÂÜ∑Ê∏éÊ∏Ø), part of the water system of Taihu Lake. His first thing every morning, over the past seven […]
Read MoreMaybe this could be a good episode in the newly launched anti-corruption game. Translated from Yulun Jiandu: Same story line as what has happened in various parts of the country: farmers found their land lost to cadres, who were mining the iron ores under the farms. People fought to stop the mining, and efforts came […]
Read MoreThis is not a TV drama or movie poster. It is, you may never guess it, one for an anti-corruption game, offered for free. Sorry, only in Chinese, and no Mac version, at least not yet. Translated from Oriental Morning Post, via sina.com: The game promises to teach you historical knowledge about ancient China while […]
Read MoreMore to melt, and less water for an already dry northwestern region. Translated from Lanzhou Evening Post via sina.com (photo: Tianshan Mountain, via wikipedia.org): Global warming, a 40-year research concludes, has helped largely to melt almost 14% of the #1 glacier for Urumqi River source at Tianshan Mountain in Xinjiang, shrinking by .27 square kilometer […]
Read MoreIn the north, China is losing land to desertification. In the south, Hainan is losing forests. Translated from the Beijing News (photo: trees peeled by locals in Hainan via Xinhua) via sina.com: In the island of Hainan, where people pride themselves on their pristine ecology, things are not in great shape. In seven years, the […]
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