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.
A tragedy-turned violence. A Hunan hospital not only mistreated a baby, but also hired thugs to beat up the family and relatives. Translated from People’s Daily Online (photo: hospital rounded up by crowd and police) via sina.com: Duan Tangxian (ÊƵ†ÇË¥§), a leather bag vendor in Chenzhou City (ÈÉ¥Â∑ûÂ∏Ç) of Hunan Province, ran into a nearby […]
Read MoreZhu Xiaodan (Êú±Â∞è‰∏π) is no Chairman Mao, who swam across the Yangtze. Zhu swam in the Pearl River, with his fellow colleagues and Guangzhou citizens, to assert the public that his government is serious in cleaning up a once-green, swim-friendly river. Translated from Xinkuaibao (Êñ∞Âø´Êä•) (photo: Zhu swimming in the Pearl) via sina.com: Yesterday afternoon, […]
Read MoreChongqing has become a deadly town for bus riders. Fifty-six were killed in two accidents within half a year. Translated from CCTV’s News Probe transcript (photo: crashed bus) via sina.com: On the afternoon of Oct. 1 last year, a bus full of 50 passengers in Chongqing raced through the traffic, overtaking its competitors to pick […]
Read MoreBeijing needs cleaner air, more water, but more urgently perhaps, it needs to find where to dump its trash. Translated from Southern Weekend, (photo: the landfill site) via sina.com: Liu Ying (ÂàòËã±), a 30-year resident of Beijing’s northwestern Liulitun (ÂÖ≠Èáå±Ø), is often awakened by the smell of trash in the latter half of the night. […]
Read MoreIn a poor remote county, the government gets rich but the poor remain poor. Translated from Outlook (‰∫ÜÊúõ) magazine, via sina.com (photo: a schoolroom with peeling walls and glassy government buildings, from sina.com): In the old days, Jingbian (ÈùñËæπ) County has been known as a poor hinterland in northern Shaanxi Province thanks to ravaging sand […]
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