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 Mark’s blog on sina.com, translated by CDT: Two months after the downfall of Chen Liangyu, Shanghai’s former chieftain, 42 municipal-minister-level (ÂâرÄÁ∫߉ª•‰∏ä) officials were put in place to run a post-Chen era financial capital of China. Analysts say, according to Hong Kong’s Ta Kung Pao (§ßÂÖ¨Êä•), this round of reshuffle was publicized on the web, […]
Read MoreIn this edition of CDT ChinaCast’s Foreign Correspondents Series, seven-year China veteran Mary Kay Magistad of Public Radio International in Beijing talks about rural challenges such as health care and a lack of...
Read MoreFrom China News Agency, via sina.com, translated by CDT: Three recent coal mine accidents during Nov. 25-26 angered Li Yizhong (ÊùéÊØÖ‰∏≠), minister of the State Coal Mine Safety Administration (ÂõΩÂÆ∂ÂÆâÁõëÊĪ±Ä) during a national tele-conference televised by CCTV’s “360 degrees” program. Li said that the three coal mines, according to preliminary investigations, were all closed mines […]
Read MoreFrom Reporters Home section on Xici.net, translated by CDT: A car killing spree claimed the lives of a newly-wed couple and injured another in Qingdao on the night of Nov. 26. But when local netizens logged onto online forums to check out the latest and tried to post comments, they found their accounts soon to […]
Read MoreFrom the Wall Street Journal: Everyone from Hollywood to Congress has been pressing China to get serious about the illegal use of music, movies and software. Now, it has picked a crackdown target: karaoke. If royalties were collected in China, the music industry could make as much as $375 million a year from karaoke parlors. […]
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