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.
Page One from the Wall Street Journal: XINLIAN, China — In this remote mountain village, residents were complaining about a local doctor. Some suspected he was prescribing drugs that weren’t necessary. That set off an unusual response: A special council of local health-care monitors — formed as part of an experiment to address sweeping problems […]
Read MoreFrom the Wall Street Journal: Ningxia has cooperated with scientists from Britain and Canada on clean-energy programs and climate-change modeling. An official at the province’s meteorological department said local officials are very concerned because the region depends heavily on agriculture for its economy. … Instead of trying to cap greenhouse-gas emissions, China’s leaders last year […]
Read MoreDr. Gao Yaojie, the 80-year-old veteran AIDS fighter and national hero, was recently barred by the local government from going to Beijing to get her US visa to receive an award from US senator Hillary Clinton. Here in the second part of the video series, Gao talks about government lying and a tug-of-war with her […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News (photo: Dr. Xiao treating Alzheimer’s patients, via bbc.co.uk): The country now has a third of all Alzheimer’s patients in the world. And the number of diagnosed cases is rising. China’s economic success means people are living longer, says Professor Xiao Shifu, a director at Shanghai’s leading mental health hospital. “Alzheimer’s prevalence has […]
Read MoreFrom Tim Johnson’s blog: The Chinese diplomat who suggested last August that Washington should just “shut up and keep quiet” about China’s defense spending has just gotten a big promotion. The “un-diplomatic” diplomat, Sha Zukang (Ê≤ôÁ•ñÂ∫∑), just won a plum assignment near the top of the United Nations hierarchy. He’ll be under secretary of economic […]
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