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.
From Radio Free Asia: Chinese authorities in the western Tibetan county of Dingri have detained a prominent local figure after he saved large numbers of sheep and goats from the slaughterhouse, sources in the region said. The reason for the arrest of Pempa, known by a single name, was not immediately clear, one source said. […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: China set the targets in a bid to rein in the environmental costs of the country’s rapid economic growth. But only Beijing and five other provinces or municipalities improved efficiency by 4% and cut emissions by 2% in the first six months of 2006. The new targets are part of the 2006-10 […]
Read MoreWow, some Shanghai-patriot threw up a bold proposal, or hint: making China’s largest city a Hong Kong-like SAR. What a courage, especially after Chen Liangyu’s downfall. A post from Josie Liu’s blog (Pictured – Prof. Zhang Jun): In a recent interview with Hong Kong media, an economics professor from Shanghai proposed the city to become […]
Read MoreFrom Yulun Jiandu Wang, translated by CDT (Pictured – one of the IOU bills signed by former chief Yang Jiandong): Over nine years, central bankers at Henan‘s Huixian City (ËæâÂéøÂ∏Ç), a county-level town, have been eating big meals at a mom-and-pop hotel but hasn’t paid a penny. The total amount of bills over all these […]
Read MoreGone, in some places, are the feudal-aged traditional Chinese how-dare-students-get-married conservatism. Step by step, advances are coming, such as that a college girl now is “officially” allowed to have a maternity leave in China. (Pictured: junior college girl during a record-setting wedding with her husband in Tianjin in 2004) From China Daily (watch out the […]
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