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.
From The Guardian: A leading Aids campaigner in China has vanished, feared detained by police, after the authorities ordered him to cancel a conference that was to have looked at the state’s responsibility for infections and blood safety. Wan Yanhai, head of the Aizhi advocacy group, appears to be the third prominent activist to have […]
Read MoreIn the London Review of Books, Pankaj Mishra writes about Shanghai, China’s nouveau riche, and the New Left: To be an Indian in a Chinese city is to find familiar not only the vast crowds, the vivid street life, the open-fronted shops and food stalls, but also the malls with their luxury brand-names, the shiny […]
Read MoreFrom the BBC: China’s National Audit Office says its investigations have found that as much as 7.1bn yuan ($900m) of pensioners’ money has been misused. It said the money had been used in overseas investments, construction projects and unauthorised lending. [Full text]
Read MoreHuman Rights Watch has posted the transcripts of interviews with two survivors of the shooting at Nangpa La Pass, when Chinese troops fired on Tibetans fleeing to Nepal, killing at least one nun. Read the interviews here. Read more about the incident, via CDT, here.
Read MoreFrom Time Magazine, an article outlining the complexities of the China-India relationship: India is obsessed with China. Mainland goods from refrigerators to clothes to cameras to children’s toys flood Indian markets. China’s pavilion is the most popular by far at the India International Trade Fair, which opened in Delhi last week and attracts hundreds of […]
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