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 BBC News: White mice are to take part in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing – their task to protect international athletes from food poisoning. The mice will be fed milk, alcohol, salad, rice, oil and seasonings, the city’s health inspectors said. Mice show adverse reactions within 17 hours, while laboratory tests take much […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily (first food, now also watch out for clothes): Investigators are looking into how clothing containing cancer-causing agents found its way onto shelves at Wal-Mart, Carrefour and several local leading chain stores, according to a report posted yesterday on the website of the Beijing Administration For Industry and Commerce (BAIC Âåó‰∫¨Â∏ÇÂ∑•ÂïÜË°åÊîøÁÆ°ÁêܱÄ). The BAIC […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily (photo from Guangzhou Daily, Ms. Chen comforting mother of a dying migrant worker while convincing a donation of corneas): A visit from Chen Shuying may be not good news for the loved ones of seriously ill patient. Twenty-eight-year-old Chen’s job is to persuade the relatives of dying patients to donate their loved […]
Read MoreFrom the Wall Street Journal (maybe a comeback for traditional Chinese medicine): Mr. Shen, head botanist for the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, a government-funded laboratory, has spent three decades trekking across China and going to great lengths to ferret out rare plants and herbs traditionally used in treatments for ailments ranging from aches and […]
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