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 Los Angeles Times: High atop a snowy Himalayan pass, a lonely road linking Asia’s two giants reopened last month after a 44-year diplomatic roadblock. Leaders in India and China hailed the event as a sign of the growing rapprochement between neighbors that have eyed each other with distrust since a 1962 border war. […]
Read MoreAsia Media reviews a recent documentary “Mardi Gras: Made in China“: At its core, Mardi Gras is about the production of pleasure in the global economy. It clashes American excess and consumerism with the hardships of factory workers in China. This provocative documentary from first-time directory David Redmon investigates the working conditions of the mostly […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: Twice in the past month, China has supported tough UN Security Council resolutions on the world’s most dangerous problems. These were difficult decisions and they surprised many observers. In truth, they were the culmination of a decades-long process that has seen China’s assertiveness at the UN follow the same growth […]
Read MoreOn Google Video is a documentary titled “Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion.” A review on the site says, “An extraordinary and passionate documentary about the plight of these oppressed people whose religion remains one of the wonders of the world with its mind training, nonviolence and compassion.” View it in its entirety here.
Read MoreFrom Reuters: A Chinese court jailed a blind human rights campaigner for four years and three months on Thursday, state media announced, prompting other activists to warn of a clampdown on China’s “rights defenders.” Chen Guangcheng, who was tried last Friday without his own lawyers present, drew international attention last year by accusing officials in […]
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