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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.
Central China official on trial for killing pedestrian, corruption – People’s Daily
Another story of an official prosecuted for corruption, from People’s Daily: A Communist Party of China official in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, went on trial on Tuesday for killing a pedestrian in a road accident, graft and the misappropriation of public money. Wang Mingxian, believed to be about 50, was Party Secretary […]
Read MoreHero of the Ming Dynasty: The man who mapped the world – Clifford Coonan
From The Independent: A Mongolian Muslim who was castrated as a boy became one of the most intrepid explorers in history. As China prepares to celebrate the 600th anniversary of his first voyage, Clifford Coonan in Beijing tells the extraordinary story of Admiral Zheng He. [Full text] Read more about Zheng He.
Read MoreChina defends shutting unregistered schools – Reuters
From Reuters: China said on Tuesday that shutting dozens of privately run schools for children of migrant workers in Beijing was meant for their protection, not to deny them education as stated by a U.S. human rights group. New York-based Human Rights Watch said on Monday that Beijing municipal authorities had shut down more than […]
Read MoreShanghai’s star slips with party chief’s fall – Andrew Torchia
More reports are coming out about the downfall of Shanghai party secretary Chen Liangyu. From Reuters: Are Shanghai’s days as the freewheeling, red-tape slashing golden boy of China’s economic boom coming to an end? The dismissal in a corruption probe of the city’s most powerful official, local Communist Party secretary Chen Liangyu, suggests Shanghai might […]
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