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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Ai Weiwei and the Art of Demolition

On his blog, Evan Osnos writes about the brief life and sudden death of Ai Weiwei’s studio in Shanghai, which was demolished yesterday: Ai was eventually released from house arrest, and he said he was told the demolition in Shanghai would begin sometime after Chinese New Year, which falls on February 3rd this yea

January 12, 2011 10:56 PM

Death in China: Crushing Dissent or Tragic Accident?

McClatchy reports on the case of Qian Yunhui, a villager in Zhejiang who was crushed under a truck in an incident many view as revenge for his efforts to lead villagers in protesting the building of a power plant: In a country where public dissent against the government is rare — and quickly silenced when it appears —

January 12, 2011 10:24 PM

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