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.
Chinese Bid to Stop ‘Kids for Sale’ Film – Richard Brooks
According to The Times, the Chinese Embassy in Britain is trying to prevent Channel Four from broadcasting a documentary about child trafficking in China. From The Times: The programme makers filmed undercover in China, speaking to parents who had had a child stolen or had sold a child, and to traffickers. More boys are taken […]
Read MoreNew Family Policy Attacks Elites’ Egos – Ma Lie and Chen Hong
While Hunan Province has raised fines for violating the one-child policy, officials in Shaanxi have taken a new approach to getting the wealthy to obey the law. From China Daily: “Financial punishment does little to deter certain celebrities and wealthy people, because they can afford to pay any fine,” Feng said. “However, what these people […]
Read MoreRelocating Tibetan Herdsmen – Tim Johnson
On China Rises blog, Tim Johnson has a follow-up to his story about the relocation of Tibetan herders (for which he received a scolding from the Foreign Ministry): My earlier story said Tibet had relocated up to 10 percent of its population, around 250,000 herdsmen, into “socialist villages,” in a move to improve their living […]
Read MoreChina May Win New Space Race, NASA Says – Marcia Dunn
NASA has all but admitted defeat in the space race. From AP: “I personally believe that China will be back on the moon before we are,” NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said in a low-key lecture in Washington two weeks ago, marking the space agency’s 50th anniversary, still a year away. “I think when that happens, […]
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