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.
Chinese now have a profession: cell phone text message composers. Some doctors are starting to deal with thumb injuries too, thanks to a booming text messaging culture. And people are getting annoyed by this new form of human-less communication. From Page One of the Wall Street Journal: Xiangdong has an unusual Chinese New Year wish […]
Read MoreA case study of China’s rule of law, or lack thereof. From Yulun Jiandu and other sources, compiled and translated by CDT: Jiangxi Provincial High Court a couple of days ago handed out an official letter to journalists Xu Xiang (ÂæêÁ••) and Li Xinde to accuse them of libel in a recent expose story and […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: A report by Amnesty International highlights the discrimination and abuse suffered by China’s migrant workers. Jonathan Hursh, a founder of an NGO working with migrant communities in Beijing, describes the difficulties facing millions of migrants and the government’s approach towards an overwhelming social problem. It was a brick home with a concrete […]
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