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.
The East is Read – Rowan Callick
The Australian has a report about the current situation of artists in China: Many find the process of finding the space to communicate their art exhausting and constricting. Their negotiating partner, the Communist Party of China, has had almost 60 years in power to hone its skills of patronising, obstructing and marginalising its competitors for […]
Read MoreTainted Chinese Imports Common – Rick Weiss
Following news that poisoned toothpaste imported to Panama may have come from China, the Washington Post offers another report on the ubiquity of contaminated imports from China, which U.S. officials have done little to stem. Last month alone, more than 1,000 counterfeit or tainted food, medicines, cosmetics or dietary supplements were detained at U.S. ports: […]
Read MoreChina Places 2 Activists Under House Arrest – Joseph Kahn
Activists Hu Jia and Zeng Jinyan have been placed under house arrest after authorities detained Hu as he prepared to leave for to Europe to speak about the human rights situation in China. Zeng Jinyan was recently named as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. From the International Herald Tribune: […]
Read MorePutting Aside His Past Criticisms, Teamsters’ Chief Is on Mission to China – David Barboza
From the New York Times: Three years ago, the head of the Teamsters union, James P. Hoffa, derided China as xenophobic. He said that China did not believe in free trade and that the United States was losing jobs because China was unwilling to buy American goods. But on Friday, with the United States trade […]
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