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 the Financial Times (link): As China’s economy continues to grow – pushing 10 per cent per annum – Beijing and Shanghai are home to a growing number of schools that have forged links with their counterparts in the US, UK, Australia, continental Europe and Hong Kong, all dedicated to developing MBA and part-time executive […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua via Shanghai Daily (link): CHINA’S regions and provinces are seeking to lure investors with green, clean projects in a bid to move away from traditionally polluting industries. Zhenping County, in northwestern Shaanxi Province, is seeking to avoid polluting industries in favor of food or herb processing. Since China launched the strategy to develop […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua via Shanghai Daily (link): CHINA’S police are struggling to clamp down on rampant Internet crime in the face of vague and inadequate laws, senior police say. “The most common crimes involve theft, racketeering, fraud of on-line resources and services, mass disruption and inconvenience to the public,” said Xu Jianzhuo, deputy director of the […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily (link): The current trend of adults remaining unmarried in Chinese cities is considered to be the third since the People’s Republic was founded in 1949. The first in the early 1950s and the second in the early 1980s. “Well-educated, financially-independent women and poorly educated men with low income make up the largest […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times (link): After nearly 30 years of trying, the world’s most famous rock band finally made it to the world’s most populous country, as the Rolling Stones brought their show to a small stage in China’s biggest city. Even if the Stones can’t always sing what they want, they still bring […]
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