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 AFP (link): The Dalai Lama says that were Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden killed that hatred would cause another 10 like him to spring up, in an interview with a British newspaper. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader told The Daily Telegraph that terrorists should be treated humanely He also revealed the workings of his […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua News Agency via sina.com (in Chinese), translated by CDT (link): It is learned from a meeting in Guiyang on March 29 that more than 10,000 cases of illegitimate educational fees were found across the country last year, totaling about 2 billion renmimbi, or $250 million.
Read MoreFrom Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese), translated by CDT (link): On March 25, a natural gas leakage struck an oil field in Kaixian County, Chongqing, where a gas gush in late 2004 killed over 200 in the villages. The leaking gas was ignited and plans are being tested to try to plug the leakage. Two […]
Read MoreFrom China News Agency via sina.com (in Chinese), translated by CDT (link): According to Taiwan press, a decision will be made in a few days about whether two pandas, as a gift from the Mainland, will be allowed into Taiwan, a result of the former Nationalist Chairman Lien Chan‘s visit to the Mainland last year. […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua News Agency via sina.com (in Chinese), translated by CDT (link): Today, Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party legislator Lin Weizhou renounced his membership with his party, and said that he would not join any other party either. This gave the opposition Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang, the majority in the legislature. They both had 88 seats, […]
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