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 self-expose type of story behind the story, on how he himself interpretes Chinese political-speak. From Richard Spencer’s blog: For me, the standard formulation (the modern, more sensitively expressed one) for rejecting western democracy can be seen clearly here: “China’s democratic and political construction must go its own way” (even though different cultures can in […]
Read MoreA comeback for street vendors, but to qualify you have to prove to be poor or laid-off. From Josie Liu’s blog: The city of Chongqing is preparing to carry out new policies allowing street vendors to do their business, after decades of banning and cracking down on them, city newspapers reported. The city government said […]
Read MoreFrom The Beijing Times, via sina.com.cn, translated by CDT: It is learned from the Beijing Health Bureau that a “smile and quality service” campaign will be carried out among the city’s health care providers. One recommendation is that doctors proactively greet the patients before seeing them and say thanks after treating. According to health officials, […]
Read MoreFrom Tim Johnson’s blog (photo from the blog): Camel caravans that once plied the Silk Road from the Middle East to Asia largely stopped traveling some 700 years ago, slowing an era of global trade between the two regions. Now the trade is back, and some experts have come up with the term the “New […]
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