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.
China Tilting Away From Longtime Trading Partners – Floyd Norris
From the New York Times: This week, China reported that its trade surplus for October came to a record $27 billion, a figure that is larger than its surplus for the entire year of 2003. But even as it was posting a record surplus, China was reporting that its imports were at the lowest level […]
Read MoreThirsty Dragon at the Olympics – Dai Qing
In the New York Review of Books, environmental activist Dai Qing writes about China’s dire water shortage and a “looming environmental catastrophe”: On average, Beijing people have only three hundred cubic meters of water resources per capita, one eighth of the Chinese average”which is 2,200 cubic meters” and one thirtieth of the world average. But […]
Read MoreRural Discontent, Rule of Law and Social Unrest in China: Implications for U.S. Policy – Carl Minzner
The China Law and Politics blog announces: The transcript (audio and written) of the December 5, 2006 conference on Rural Discontent, Rule of Law, and Social Unrest in China sponsored by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, is now available here. The four discussants include: Carl Minzner, Kevin O’Brien, Ben Liebman, and Murray Scot […]
Read MorePanel Says Chinese Spies Top Tech Threat – Foster Klug
The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission has released their annual report which targets China’s trade practices and high-tech espionage. From AP: A congressional advisory panel said Thursday that Chinese spying represents the greatest threat to U.S. technology and recommended counterintelligence efforts to stop China from stealing the nation’s manufacturing expertise. …China’s economic policies create […]
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