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.
A mountain climber who witnessed the shooting by Chinese troops of Tibetan refugees trying to cross the border into Nepal has posted photos of the incident online. See also “British climber describes fatal attack on Tibetans” from Reuters, and more recent news on the topic. Meanwhile, the Chinese government has given a statement on the […]
Read MoreThe China Review recently published a review by University of Wisconsin professor Edward Friedman of “China’s Peaceful Rise: Speeches of Zheng Bijian 1997-2005.” Thanks to The China Review for giving us permission to repost the review in full here (Download PDF file).
Read MoreAn update in the case of rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, from Reuters: China has arrested outspoken human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng on charges of inciting subversion, his lawyer said on Thursday, following two months of uncertainty over the activist’s detention and fate. Gao was arrested on September 21 “on suspicion of inciting subversion of state […]
Read MoreFrom PBS’ FrontlineWorld: When filmmaker Brent E. Huffman took a six-month assignment in remotest western China, he knew it would be no ordinary adventure. There with his Chinese-born producer wife, Xiaoli, to film endangered wildlife and minority cultures, Huffman kept a diary and captured images of the beauty of China’s last untouched wilderness as well […]
Read MoreEditor and Publisher, and the Wikipedia site itself, report that the English version of Wikipedia is now accessible in China after being blocked for over a year. CDT has also gotten reports from Internet users in Beijing that...
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