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.
An interesting observation piece on China’s art scene, and on Chinese artists. From the New York Times: A studio visit to an artist in Beijing is often like 10 studio visits in Brooklyn. In China, you don’t find a painter, and a sculptor, and a video artist, but rather one artist who is working on […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua, translated by CDT: A research paper jointly done by Chinese, French, Russian and American scientists have found that snow caps on the Himalayas mountains have been affected by global warming. The finding was based on the research on ice cores from the mountains collected in 2001, 2002 and recent years. Analysis finds that […]
Read MoreChinese movie fans have picked up a new hobby: entertain themselves by spoofing entertainment itself, such as movies. Even though some Chinese movies are posting encouraging box office results, China’s film industry as a whole seems to be losing the audience. Via Xinhua, translated by CDT: The number of Chinese movies has been rising significantly […]
Read MoreA time to miss migrant workers for urbanites. Where to buy breakfast? Call a delivery boy? … From Xinhua, via China Daily (photo: a breakfast vendor serving her client, via people.com.cn): As a large number of migrant workers are enjoying the Spring Festival family reunion in the countryside, China’s city dwellers have to face inconvenience […]
Read MoreFrom Josie Liu’s blog (photo: a miao hui, or temple fair, during the Chinese New Year in Beijing, via the blog): Xinhua news agency reported last week that “defending the Spring Festival has become a common view of Chinese society.” It also quoted Mr. Gao Youpeng, a scholar from Henan province, who said that more […]
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