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.
Translated by CDT from Jinchu Online (荆楚网): A stretch of sandy riverbed has surfaced in the middle of the Yangtze River in Wuhan, thanks to a lack of rainfall and a dropping feed from the upper reaches [obviously thanks to the Three Gorges Dam, but the article didn’t mention the dam at all]. This is […]
Read MoreTranslated by CDT from China Youth Daily: China’s environmental watchdog called the names of three multinationals for constantly failing to deliver on their environmental cleanup. The prominently criticized firms are a joint venture decoration materials outlet between Thailand’s CP Group and US’s Omnova Solutions, Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industrials Steel Structure and China’s food and beverage […]
Read MoreTranslated by CDT from the Beijing News: Hutouyan (虎头岩) is a tourist spot known for facing the Jialing River (嘉陵江). Surrounded by sky-piercing trees and natural vegetation, it not only boasts a hilltop view over the river and the city, but also has enormous commercial value. And a real estate developer has built out many […]
Read MoreFirst Shenzhen, now Beijing. The real estate bubble is deflating, if not bursting. Translated by CDT from CCTV’s “Economics Half Hour (经济半小时)” program: In China’s booming cities, real estate agents can consider themselves as white-collar workers, making tens of thousands of yuan a month. But that’s when the market is rosy. Now Beijing and its […]
Read MoreA story about a hidden rules of the game in China. Translated by CDT from Legal Daily: A 5,000-word article, “serving the people, Anxi (安溪)’s tax bureau breaks down Singaporean firm,” popped up on Internet forums after the October week-long holiday last year. Wang Quancheng (王泉成), the Singaporean Chinese and leading character in the article, […]
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