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 China Youth Daily via Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese), translated by CDT (link): It was reported that Minsheng Bank, one of the largest non-state owned commercial banks in China, issued a special product, called “Minsheng Diamond Credit Card.” It has a credit line of 3 million renminbi, or $400,000, 60 times of the highest […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times (link): The Vatican‘s highest ranking representative on Chinese-controlled soil on Thursday held out hope that a compromise could be reached on the appointment of Catholic bishops on the mainland – one of the main barriers standing in the way of normalisation of Sino-Vatican relations. “Only the Holy Father can decide what […]
Read MoreFrom the Associated Press via Google News (link): China has expressed its “strong indignation” over remarks by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who said this week that communists in China boiled babies for fertilizer. Italy’s Foreign Ministry moved to limit the damage later on Tuesday, releasing a statement in which it said that the premier’s […]
Read MoreFrom Heilongjiang Morning Post, via sina.com (in Chinese), translated by CDT (link): A lawsuit brought against Tongren Hospital in Beijing for failing to treat a migrant worker last December was heard recently. The migrant worker from Heilongjiang, Wang Jianmin, was sent to the hospital late last year around midnight for stomach ache. Without cash, the […]
Read MoreFrom the Beijing Star Daily, via sina.com (in Chinese), translated by CDT (link): Three elementary school students were punished to take off their pants for failing to finish their homework the day earlier in Wuchuan City, Guangdong Province. The teacher, Ms. Chen, discovered three of her students didn’t finish their homework, and asked them to […]
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