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.

Big Bucks to be Earmarked to Clean Up Songhua – Xinhua

From Xinhua’s Heilongjiang channel, translated by CDT (photo: residents in Harbin waiting for water delivery after Songhua chemical spill): Beijing has ratified a proposal to clean up the water systems of Songhua River, involving key cities along the river such as Harbin (ÂìàÂ∞îʪ®), Qiqihar (ÈΩêÈΩêÂìàÂ∞î), Daqing (§ßÂ∫Ü), Jiamusi (‰Ω≥Êú®ÊñØ), Mudanjiang (Áâ°‰∏πʱü), Changchun (ÈïøÊò•) and Jilin […]

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U.S.-Style Rehabs Take Root in China As Addiction Grows – Maureen Fan

From the Washington Post (photo: Daytop’s drugs rehab association members started their session by having a few minutes of silence during the center’s starting days, via Daytop site): Here outside Kunming, at the Yunnan Daytop Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, a “therapeutic community” approach involves group counseling in a family setting. It is an […]

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Beijing Launches Spontaneous Line-up Day – Xinhua

From Xinhua, via sina.com.cn: Beijing government designated the 11th of each month as a “spontaneous line-up day,” in an effort to facelift the city’s jaywalking and many other bad traffic images. Reason picking the 11th was, “as long as there are more than two people, there should be a line like ’11’.” Beijing also hopes […]

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