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 Shanghai Daily: The health of the Yellow River continues to deteriorate as it faces a series of manmade challenges that endanger its entire ecosystem, experts said yesterday. Li Guoying, director of the Yellow River Conservancy Committee (ȪÑÊ≤≥‰øùÊä§ÂßîÂëò‰ºö), said the waterway – known as the cradle of China’s early civilization – is suffering from pollution, […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Urbanization is speeding up throughout China, with half the 1.3 billion Chinese or one tenth of the world’s population expected to live in cities in 2010. Every year, about 13 million rural people flood into China’s cities, equivalent to the current population of Beijing, Vice-Minister of Construction Qiu Baoxing told the Fudan […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters via China Daily: China has banned leg-lengthening surgery that a largely unregulated beauty industry has been offering to customers who want to be taller. “Leg-stretching surgery for the image conscious has been banned by China’s Health Ministry after a spate of botched operations,” the Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. Hospitals that conduct at […]
Read MoreA bulletin from Shanghai Daily that could hardly be shorter reveals the latest high-profile leader to get caught up in the anti-corruption fever (stay tuned for its potential connection with Chen Liangyu downfall): Chen Chaoxian, vice Party secretary and governor of Shanghai’s Changning District, is under investigation for his suspected involvement in a severe breach […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: A provincial vice-governor has been expelled from the Communist Party of China and removed from office for taking bribes and abusing power, the latest casualty of a nationwide crackdown on corruption. The Beijing Times said on Sunday that the party’s anti-graft Central Commission for Discipline Inspection had found He Minxu (‰ΩïÈóΩÊó≠), vice-governor […]
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