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.
Facing the grave danger of the deadly bird flu, Hong Kong Buddhists have got a problem with their religious practice of releasing live chickens to Nature. From AP via Washington Post: When Hong Kong officials discovered that a scaly-breasted munia found dead on New Year’s Eve had tested positive for the H5 virus, they held […]
Read MoreUnlike Westerners who value family more than most things (e.g. excuses most executives give for resignations), wealthy Chinese think family time is seventh most important thing. From AP via China Daily: China’s newly wealthy rank travel as their top leisure activity, while spending time with their families places a distant seventh, according to survey results […]
Read MoreMs. Fay King Chung is far less famous among Chinese than US Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, but her family’s story is extraordinary. And during her second trip back to China recently, she was asked by about half women in her ancestral village near Guangzhou: “Have you seen my husbands?” These men all fled to […]
Read MoreAnother interesting trend to watch out in an aging and divorcing society here: young little-emperor couples increasingly untying the knot. From Beijing Review “Currently, more than half the number of people who go to marriage counselors are those in their twenties — the 1980s’ one-child generation — as compared with last year, when 90 percent […]
Read MoreAn insightful opinion piece by Liu Shinan of China Daily on a recent blast to demolish a lake-side building that some say tarnish the natural beauty of the West Lake and its environs: The blast has drawn extensive criticism. Many critics blame the decision-makers for their “short-sightedness” in constructing the building 13 years ago. Undoubtedly, […]
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