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 Asia Times: A century ago, communist parties were booming; these days, most languish. China’s is an exception, more so given that more and more people are enjoying the diversions of materialism thanks to a charging economy without the added benefits of free politics. Rising membership figures cannot easily be dismissed as propaganda and wishful […]
Read MoreIn the New York Review of Books, Perry Link has translated a remarkable essay by lawyer Pu Zhiqiang: Every year on the evening of June 3, I have come back to Tiananmen to linger for a while. My wife and I join a few good...
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: China’s latest macroeconomic statistics are evidence that Beijing’s two-year-old belt-tightening policy has failed to achieve its goal of cooling down the overheated economy. The failure must be largely blamed on regional protectionism increasingly running wild across the country. For sure, regional protectionism or regionalism is by no means a new thing under […]
Read MoreFrom the China Media Project: The chaos of China’s present media environment, where paranoid control and censorship work alongside commercialization and fierce competition, can make for delightful surprises. Despite the daily obstacle course of orders and bans, independent voices do emerge in the Chinese media. Editorials are one of the best places to look for […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: At the Doulong Store, the musty shelves are stocked with the necessities for Tibetan nomads. There are kettles for yak butter tea and bolts of colorful fabric for traditional Tibetan robes and clothing. A nomad affluent enough to use a light bulb in his tent can buy an electric generator. […]
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