Cindy Carter

Cindy Carter is Deputy Editor for CDT English, and is based in Los Angeles.

Foreign Policy – How Do We Know What’s Happening in China?

Posted by Cindy Carter | Nov 5, 2024

Fears Rise for Health of Pioneering Lawyer Xu Zhiyong, Nearly One Month Into His Hunger Strike to Protest Mistreatment in Prison

Posted by Cindy Carter | Nov 1, 2024

Concern is mounting over the health of imprisoned civil society activist and human-rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong, who has been on a nearly one-month hunger strike to protest his mistreatment in Shandong’s Lunan Prison. Many human...

Photo: Shanghai Old Street, by Dr. Alexey Yakovlev

Posted by Cindy Carter | Nov 1, 2024

Shanghai Old Street, by Dr. Alexey Yakovlev (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Photo: Untitled (Pumpkin Carving by Chinese Panda Caretakers in Chengdu), by Gina Koo

Posted by Cindy Carter | Oct 31, 2024

Untitled (Pumpkin Carving by Chinese Panda Caretakers in Chengdu), by Gina Koo (CC BY-NC...

Muted Public Response to State Council’s New Slate of Policies to Promote Parenthood

Posted by Cindy Carter | Oct 30, 2024

Confronted with a rapidly aging population, a declining birthrate, and socioeconomic shifts that have made younger people less likely to marry or have children, China’s State Council this week unveiled a new slate of policies...