Sophie Beach

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.

Walk softly, and carry a big wallet – Wu Chen

From CFO Magazine: The social tension that simmers beneath the rich/poor divide in China is now spilling over into foreign acquisitions. Some farmer-led protests against new developments have turned violent. Populist local economists and commentators have been attracting media attention by accusing the central government of selling valuable assets to foreign firms at huge discounts. […]

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Intellectuals and netizens protest the closure of Century China site

From the Guardian: More than 100 Chinese intellectuals have condemned the country’s propaganda authorities for closing down a popular website that they described as “the last oasis of knowledge on China’s internet”. In the latest act of resistance against the communist government’s crackdown on public debate, the lawyers, authors and journalists issued a statement opposing […]

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‘We Can’t Always Blame China’s Media Climate’ – Hu Shuli

Asia Media Forum interviews Hu Shuli, the editor of Caijing Magazine. In the report, Hu says: The media potential in China is very large, but many media organisations have failed to grasp the opportunity. One important reason is that they lack the proper concept and practice of professionalism. Some media organisations even surrender their accuracy […]

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