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.
A China News Agency article via sina.com quoted Beijing University President Xu Zhihong saying that a plan to build a golf practice field the size of a soccer field was suspended, due to a outpouring of criticism over the Internet. The project was razzed by Chinese netizens, who criticized the plan as catering to luxurious […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: China Mobile users, especially foreigners, will never have to worry that their non-English-speaking friends cannot read English messages, or vice versa, thanks to a service called SMSOK that the company launched on Friday. “You type in English, send to 366321. In no time, an accurate Chinese version of the sentence will show […]
Read MoreWatch-out for all Chinese journalists, whether with a politics beat or else. A photojournalist who was shooting a beauty contest held at the Congress Hall of the People in Beijing was beaten presumably by guards. Paparazzi and fashion photographers may find a hard life by having to squeeze themselves into awkward corners or positions for […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily: Chinese TV viewers may see an all-boy singing contest next year since this year’s “Super Girl” pulled in nearly 100 million yuan (US$12.66 million) in profit, Shanghai Morning Post said. “Super Boy,” if approved, would be conducted at the same period as its ally “Super Girl,” from next May to September, Wang […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: A man was looking for buyers to sell his six-year old son to fund his wife’s kidney failure treatment in Zhuhai Square, Guangzhou, capital of South China’s Guangdong Province on October 24, wrote the Guangzhou Daily Wednesday. “If my wife passes away, she will never come back, but we can bring back […]
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