Meredith Godwin

Meredith Godwin is the CDT Program Administrator. She previously wrote for CDT as an undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley where she earned her bachelors in Asian Studies. She recently completed her masters in China Studies from the University of Washington and now resides in the Bay Area.

Video: Sketching a Future

As the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing moves away from its previous focus of producing state propaganda art, the school is embracing a more liberal and experimental approach. China is in the midst of a commercial art...

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1980 Boycott Damaged Only Athletes

What lessons can be learned from the more than 50 country boycott of the Moscow Olympic Games of 1980? The protest movement was led by American President Jimmy Carter to punish the Soviets for invading Afghanistan, but the...

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Video: Throw Away Temple

The Xie Fangde Temple was built during the Ming Dynasty to commemorate Song Dynasty poet Xie Fangde. With plans to destroy the Temple looming, SexyBeijing.tv visits the site for one last look: Just southwest of Tiananmen square...

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Hanging by a Thread

From ESPN: Select Chinese national athletes of past and present are profiled in this article leading up to the summer Olympic Games. Read the personal stories of the Chinese athletes, like national diving champions, Guo Jingjing...

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Qingming, Grave-sweeping Day

Although Qingming jie is an ancient Chinese holiday to commemorate the dead, it was only last December that the Chinese government made Qingming an official holiday. From China Daily: People are walking to a cemetery in the west...

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