Photo: Little boys in Beijing play video games
Little boys in Beijing play video games, by zdzarski.junior
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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.
Political Games – Ian Buruma
Ian Buruma writes about the potential impact, or lack thereof, that activists will likely have on the 2008 Olympics: For the first time, thousands of reporters from all over the world will be able to look around the...
Read MoreThe Siege of Foshan – The Sun
ESWN translates an article from the Sun about Foshan city, Guangdong, where villagers have taken over the village committee building for over two months: Earlier this month, the village party secretary who had been the target of criticisms resigned. The town government sent in three cadres to take over government work in the village. As […]
Read MoreTraveling Across Cultures for a Son’s Star Turn – Daniel J. Wakin
The New York Times tells the story of pianist Xu Hong and his parents, who came from China to watch him perform with the Julliard Orchestra: The Xu family’s story ” of parental sacrifice; of a son’s migration to the West for training; of his endless, single-minded study ” brings together the many strands of […]
Read MoreCorruption Falling, Flawed Supervisory Systems Rising – Beijing Newspeak
From Beijing Newspeak: There’s nothing like a good old-fashioned open day to demonstrate Party transparency. On Thursday, the Communist Party’s internal disciplinary body, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, allowed foreign reporters a little peek around its offices for the first time. The AP reporter wrote a fairly matter-of-fact story on the landmark stroll around […]
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