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.

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Li Chengpeng: Patriotism With Chinese Characteristics

Writer Li Chengpeng is a prominent soccer commentator on Chinese TV. In 2008, he traveled to the area devastated by the Sichuan earthquake and writes about how the experience changed his attitude toward his country. From the New York Times: I was a typical patriot before 2008. I believed that “hostile foreign forces” we

May 26, 2012 4:21 PM

Leadership Limits Purge in Bo Scandal

The downfall of Bo Xilai has threatened a political purge of his allies that could expose corruption and wrongdoing among the highest echelons of power in China ahead of the once-a-decade transition of leadership at the 18th Party Congress. But now that Bo has been dismissed from his Party positions and is being investi

May 25, 2012 10:49 PM