Author: Sophie Beach
Sophie Beach lives in Berkeley, California. She previously served as senior research associate for Asia at the Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based press freedom organization. She received her master's degree from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Her writing about China has been published in the Los Angeles Times, the Asian Wall Street Journal, the South China Morning Post, The Nation magazine, and other publications.
Hexie Farm (蟹农场): Human, Rights
For his latest contribution to the Hexie Farm CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab comments on the recent detention of filmmaker Du Bin as well as the ongoing house arrest of Liu Xia, wife of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, and others fighting for human rights in China. The cartoon depicts the characters for “human rights
June 18, 2013 1:14 PM
Five Books: Gady Epstein on China and the Internet
For the Five Books series, The Economist’s Gady Epstein suggests five books which helped him understand how the Internet in China works. In April, Epstein produced a special report for the Economist called China’s Internet: A Giant Cage. From the Five Books interview with Epstein: Yes, what are these books
June 17, 2013 11:06 AM
Most Recent Entries
- 2013.06.16 Photo: Shanghai, May 2013, by Remko Tanis
- 2013.06.14 Photo: Country Road with Bicycle, by Mark Hobbs
- 2013.06.13 Filmmaker Du Bin Detained in Beijing
- 2013.06.11 Is Prism Turning the U.S. into China?
- 2013.06.10 Can a Sleepy Chinese Town Become a Cultural Mecca?
- 2013.06.09 Photo: An unemployed man advertises himself for work, by Christopher Cherry
- 2013.06.08 Obama, Xi Discuss Climate Change and Cybersecurity
- 2013.06.07 Photo: “God Loves Everyone,” by Shanghai 2007
- 2013.06.06 Xu Zhiyong: The Last Ten Years
- 2013.06.06 Chinese Journalists Honored with Environmental Awards
- 2013.06.05 Michelle Obama to Sit Out California Summit
- 2013.06.04 Tens of Thousands Commemorate June 4th in Hong Kong
- 2013.06.03 Hexie Farm (蟹农场): Torches
- 2013.06.03 Remembering “That Year,” 24 Years Later
- 2013.06.02 Photo: “Please speak Mandarin,” Shenzhen University, by Avery
- 2013.05.31 China’s Ethnic Song and Dance
- 2013.05.31 Jailed for Capitalism on the Street of Eternal Happiness
- 2013.05.31 Photo: School bus, Tibet (2010), by Carsten ten Brink
- 2013.05.31 Sina Tests Out New Censorship Methods
- 2013.05.30 Photo: The collector, by Mark Hobbs
- 2013.05.30 How Will Smithfield Deal Impact Global Agriculture?
- 2013.05.30 Hexie Farm (蟹农场): The Nightmare of the Pen
- 2013.05.29 “Darkness Outside The Night” for China’s Youth
- 2013.05.28 Photo: Shanghai, May 2013, by Remko Tanis
- 2013.05.28 Chinese Tourists Urged to Improve Their Behavior
- 2013.05.28 Cybersecurity at Top of Agenda for Xi, Obama Meetings
- 2013.05.28 Chinese Mine Threatens Afghan Buddhist Site
- 2013.05.27 Zhang Daqian Outsells Picasso
- 2013.05.27 Food Scares Put Mao’s Self-sufficiency Goal at Risk
- 2013.05.25 Photo: Ghost Street, Beijing, by Jonathan Kos-Read
- 2013.05.24 Who Will Save China’s Environment?
- 2013.05.24 Photo: Hand, Guangzhou, by Mark Hobbs
- 2013.05.24 Xi Jinping Urges North Korea to Rejoin Nuclear Talks
- 2013.05.23 Al Jazeera: China Rising
- 2013.05.23 Hexie Farm (蟹农场): The Things We Believe In
- 2013.05.22 North Korea Sends Envoy to Beijing
- 2013.05.21 Photo: Prostrating at Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, by Hung Chung Chih/Shutterstock
- 2013.05.21 France 24: Seven Days in Tibet
- 2013.05.20 Photo: Nathu La, Chinese side of the Indo-China border, by Shayon Ghosh
- 2013.05.20 China’s Gender Gap Reaches from Rural Areas to Cities
- 2013.05.20 Murong Xuecun: Open Letter to the “Nameless Censor”
- 2013.05.19 Photo: Wait, Beijing International Airport, by Mark Hobbs
- 2013.05.19 Chinese Hackers: Crooks or Government Agents?
- 2013.05.18 Photo: Wedding portrait, by Mr. Wang
- 2013.05.17 Kunming and the Rising Tide of Environmental Protest
- 2013.05.17 Bird Flu Death Toll Rises as Virus Dissipates
- 2013.05.17 Photo: fruits and vegetables, by vhines200
- 2013.05.17 Anxieties and Hopes for China’s Future
- 2013.05.16 Kunming Protests Met with Heavy Police Presence
- 2013.05.16 Hexie Farm (蟹农场): The Chicken Republic
- 2013.05.15 Protesters Take to Streets Again in Kunming
- 2013.05.15 Murong Xuecun on the “New Censorship Campaign”
- 2013.05.14 Tiger Temple: ‘A Long Ride Toward a New China’
- 2013.05.14 Creator of White House Petition Visited by Police
- 2013.05.13 Sex Workers in China Face Abuse
- 2013.05.12 Photo: Mother with child, Yunnan, by Anja Disseldorp
- 2013.05.11 Photo: Message fm the Mad Men, by Jim Gourley
- 2013.05.10 Woeser: “Our Lhasa is on the Verge of Destruction!”



