Photo: Mao and hot pants, in Dandong, by Natalie Behring
Mao and hot pants, in Dandong, by Natalie Behring
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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.
China faces suspicions about organ harvesting – Gregory M. Lamb
From the Christian Science Monitor: A pair of human rights activists are charging that “a crime against humanity” is happening on a large scale in China. Members of Falun Gong, a spiritual movement banned by the Chinese government since 1999, are being “in effect, murdered for their organs,” which are being sold to buyers from […]
Read MoreChina and Darfur – New York Times
From an editorial in the New York Times: A strong United Nations force is needed to halt the genocide in Sudan’s Darfur region. If it is not sent soon, it may be too late for many thousands of potential victims. The immediate cause of the delay is the refusal by Sudan’s president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, […]
Read MoreOn a People’s Train From Urumqi to Beijing – Matt Gross
From the New York Times: It was a slow day in the railway ticket office in downtown Urumqi, and as I walked up to the counter, where there was no line, I was feeling lucky. Then the ticket clerk pronounced the two syllables that every traveler in China dreads: “Mei you.” The literal translation is […]
Read MoreProfessor wins suit against flagship blog site – Xinhua
From Xinhua, via China Daily: A Chinese university professor has successfully sued one of the country’s largest blog website, Blogcn.com, after it carried defamatory remarks on a blog written by one of his students. The Gulou District People’s Court in Nanjing of Jiangsu Province on Wednesday ordered Blogcn to pay 1,000 yuan (US$125) to Chen […]
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