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 the Wall Street Journal: On the shores of this resort destination on China’s Hainan Island, where daytime temperatures at this time of year range from 75 to 85 degrees, many beachgoers traditionally sit on the sand under umbrellas — and fully clothed — to avoid the sun. But increasingly found among Sanya’s umbrellas these […]
Read MoreFrom EastSouthWestNorth blog: Just a week before China’s Three Gorges Dam became operational on June 6, Seminar Coordinator Mike Monahan and International Studies Dean Ahmed Samatar received a phone call in Shanghai from Professors Jim Von Geldern and Wang Ping: “We’re being arrested. Don’t worry. We’ll check in every half hour. If we don’t, something’s […]
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia: A group of high-school students from the northwestern, mainly Muslim Uyghur region of Xinjiang is still fighting their exclusion from school because they are infected with the Hepatitis B virus. Authorities in the regional capital of Urumqi announced Thursday that seven ethnic minority Uyghur families who sued the local government over […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: A leading Hong Kong think-tank has released the first study examining the likely impact of climate change on Hong Kong and the Pearl River delta. The Civic Exchange study concludes that even small water-level rises combined with extreme weather could cause flooding across the low-lying delta. The report suggests that flooding in […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times (photo from washingtonpost.com): A Beijing appeals court today upheld a spying conviction against a prominent Hong Kong journalist in a case that has brought criticism against China from human rights and media advocacy groups. The journalist, Ching Cheong, faces a five-year prison sentence. He was arrested in April 2005 during […]
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