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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.
An Opportunity for Wall Street in China’s Surveillance Boom – Keith Bradsher
Following the Washington Post report on government censorship efforts in the face of new technologies, the International Herald Tribune covers ties between Wall Street firms and companies that provide surveillance technologies in China, which Rep. Tom Lantos has called, “an absolutely incredible phenomenon of extreme corporate irresponsibility”: Wall Street analysts now follow the growth of […]
Read MoreScaremongering About China, As Usual – Tim Plate
Commentators and bloggers are responding to the allegations published in The Times that Chinese military hackers are planning a large-scale cyber attack on America, and other recent reports about China. From commentator Tom Plate: Before long, sensible observers will point out that every country tries to hack into the computers of perceived enemies and even […]
Read MoreYen for Chinese Food? It’ll Cost You – Artemisia Ng
The Christian Science Monitor looks at one of the consequences of new regulations governing Chinese food exports: Soon, price hikes are expected to hit anyone who ventures into a Chinese restaurant, thanks to the soaring prices of ingredients imported from China. That’s the unexpected fallout from China’s crackdown following scandals involving tainted food exports. As […]
Read MoreFor China’s Censors, Electronic Offenders Are the New Frontier – Edward Cody
The Washington Post reports on the challenges faced by the country’s censors as they confront new technologies: More than a quarter-century after Deng Xiaoping launched the country on a course of drastic reforms, the party at all levels has clung to rigid censorship over information and art — including folk songs in a dialect only […]
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