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 Xinhua via the China Economic Net: Wang Zhaoyao (ÁéãÊò≠ËÄÄ), former deputy secretary of the Anhui Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), went on trial on corruption charges on Wednesday. Wang also took advantage of his position to promote his wife and his wife’s brothers to senior positions in local government departments. […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: A Chinese province which has been ravaged by AIDS plans to force all couples in the worst-hit areas to take compulsory HIV tests before being married, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. The results of the free tests in Yunnan, obligatory from Jan. 1, will be given by health authorities […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: A 71-year-old vagrant who sought to spend his remaining years in prison has aroused widespread concern over the well-being of China’s 120 million elderly people, particularly the 90 million in rural areas who often fall through the welfare safety net. With no home and no money, Li Zhaokun decided prison was the […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: AT ages 84 and 83, Wang Zaiban and Wu Xiuzhen are old women, and their feet are historical artifacts. They are among the dwindling number of women in China from the era when bound feet were considered a prerequisite for landing a husband. No available man, custom held, could resist […]
Read MoreFrom the Wall Street Journal: China is laying plans for a huge expansion of the country’s beleaguered railroad system, and some analysts expect significant upside for railway stocks. Analysts say Shanghai-listed companies such as Daqin Railway and China Railway Tielong Container Logistics should benefit from a five-year industry blueprint unveiled in October by the Ministry […]
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