Sophie Beach

Sophie Beach is CDT's Operations and Communications Manager. From 2003-2021, she served as Executive Editor of CDT English. She lives in Berkeley, California.

Playing in China: Shanghai’s Scandal

The Wall Street Journal reports on a Party-produced documentary about the men behind the Shanghai pension fund scandal: Middle-aged men, behind bars and dressed in prison uniforms, wipe away tears as they admit on camera to...

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The Boxing Rebellion

The New Yorker profiles boxer Zou Shiming, who is China’s first contender for an Olympic gold medal: On a cold night in November, Zou Shiming, the captain of China’s national boxing team, arrived early for a banquet in his...

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Welcome to the New and Improved CDT!

Welcome to the new CDT. We have moved to WordPress publishing platform and have upgraded some features to be more streamlined and efficient. And, after several months of malfunctioning, the Comments, Archives, and Search...

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What Next for China?

In The Telegraph, Philip Ehrmann, Manager of the Jupiter China Fund gives his opinion on the future of the Chinese economy: The country, home to 1.3 billion people, is on a rapid growth path, with GDP having grown by 11.4 per...

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