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 Radio Free Asia: A new Web portal that aims to help China’s 150 million migrant workers find jobs, training, legal help and social activities is winning backing from officials anxious about social stability in a breakneck economy. Hangzhou-based Xiao Kewen, 29, is an up-and-coming entrepreneur whose Web portal, Sinomen (Chinese), has grown from a […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: The Chinese rolled out the red carpet for the Archbishop of Canterbury. Dr Rowan Williams – the leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion – arrived at churches, schools and seminaries, to be greeted with flowers, choirs and delegations of officials and church leaders. But among the ordinary people, municipal politicians, church leaders […]
Read MoreCDT ChinaCast is a podcast series of short and informal conversations with journalists, business people, artists and others doing interesting work in China. For the initial series, China Digital Times bloggers will interview...
Read MoreDai Qing, an early Three Gorges Dam opponent during the Tiananmen era, was speaking out loud against the proposed damming project. Thus, she got 10 months behind the bars. She thinks the dam was more of a political issue rather than a means to solve the power shortage. And she doubts the Chinese government can […]
Read MoreForeign firms are joining the ranks of nasty polluters like notoriously irresponsible Chinese chemical plants, etc., from the Wall Street Journal: Thirty-four foreign-owned or joint-venture companies – including Panasonic Battery Co., PepsiCo Inc. and Foster Group Ltd. – were reported to have caused water pollution by regional and national government agencies, according to an investigation […]
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