Michael Zhao

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.

China’s sprint to sporting gold – BBC News

Chinese Olympics machine has started spinning again. Training ground now: Sydney. From BBC News (photo: Chinese young athletes are gaining experience in Sydney, via bbc.co.uk): The Chinese sporting juggernaut has thundered into Sydney. It is a 300-strong team of elite young athletes to compete in the biennial Youth Olympics, a five-day festival featuring 16 different […]

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Vatican and China Open Talks on Improving Ties – Ian Fisher

From New York Times: The Vatican began two days of meetings on Friday over the church’s relations with China, which have soured because of a dispute over the right to appoint bishops. The meetings were called to discuss “problems between the Holy See and China,” the Vatican’s top spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said Thursday. […]

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The Year of the Pigskin – WSJ

Is China’s market for American football worth a bite? Maybe not now at least. But US is as keen on educating the Chinese as grabbing the market there. From the Wall Street Journal (photo: NFL hopeful Gao Wei, via wsj.com):...

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