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.

Group Presses for China Oil Divestment – Barry Schweid

Activists who support action in Darfur, Sudan are now targeting China as a key player in the issue, calling first for an Olympic boycott and now for divestment from companies with interests in Sudan’s oil. From the AP, via the San Francisco Chronicle: The Save Darfur Coalition stepped up its campaign against the Sudanese government […]

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MacKay talks tough with China – Bill Schiller

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay just completed a visit to China, during which the case of imprisoned Canadian citizen Huseyin Celil was at the top of his agenda: Despite two weeks of insistence by the Chinese government that the case of imprisoned Canadian Huseyin Celil was none of Canada’s business, MacKay made plain – […]

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‘Nail House’ Blogger is Homeowners’ Hope – Zhuang Pinghui

From the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: As mainstream media were forced to abandon coverage of the “nail house“, Mr Zhou’s site became a popular alternative source of updates. At its peak, it attracted more than 37,000 visitors a day. Others hoping to negotiate better deals with developers or to highlight violations of […]

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