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 netizen by the name “1913” published a list of an unidentified city’s various government agencies (including tax-funded organizations) and the numbers of public servants in them. It triggered interesting...
Read MoreBeijing is facing a second sort of water crisis, not as deadly as its dwindling ground water supplies but disturbing nonetheless. Translated from Beijing Times via sina.com (Photo Quiz: Which is water is bottled, from the tap, and fake? Answer at the end of story): Beijing’s bottled water professionals recently spilled a major secret: Half […]
Read MoreThe lawyer for a group of Zhejiang farmers who recently reclaimed their land from provincial and local governments describes the victory as equivalent to winning the lottery. Justice was earned, not from the court, but by a ruling from the State Council. Translated from Southern Breeze (ÂçóÈ£éÁ™ó) magazine: In 1999, the government of Longquan City […]
Read MoreJiangsu is acting to save Taihu. Seems pretty serious, but see what happens. Translated from reports via sina.com (photo: Taihu’s blue-green algae crisis via sina.com): It’s learned from the July 7 Taihu Lake pollution clean-up conference that Jiangsu is getting serious to save the lake from further endangering the livelihoods and the drinking water of […]
Read MoreA classic personal anti-corruption story, one that cost the hero a divorce and eight years of rough life. Translated from Justice Net via sina.com (photo: Pang Jiayu the downed Shaanxi official, via sina.com): Wei Jianjun (È≠èª∫ÂÜõ), in his late 40s, once applied for a deputy director-general opening in Baoji City (ÂÆùÈ∏°Â∏Ç) of Shaanxi Province and […]
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