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 Forbes Magazine (link): Globalization has driven China and, increasingly, China is driving globalization. But China exhibits another paradox that the West often overlooks: It is simultaneously a great economic power and a poor country. In 2005 its annual per capita GDP was $1,400, one-thirtieth that of the U.S. Even if adjusted by purchasing power, […]
Read MoreFrom the Chicago Sun-Times (link): “Good things happen when you meet strangers,” says renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Today Ma, along with city officials and reps from dozens of Chicago cultural institutions, will announce a yearlong fine arts festival that organizers hope will bring folks of all sorts together — and create good things across the […]
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media (link): It has been less than three months since Li Datong’s turbulent departure from the helm of the gutsy Bingdian Weekly, but the 54-year-old pinup for press freedom on the mainland can already laugh about his abrupt removal. And he is optimistic that the time will […]
Read MoreFrom the Associated Press, via Forbes.com (link): The Vatican lashed out Thursday at Beijing, announcing the excommunication of two bishops who were ordained by China’s state-controlled church without Pope Benedict XVI’s consent. Benedict’s first major political clash since his election as pontiff a year ago dimmed hopes for any re-establishment soon of official ties between […]
Read MoreFrom Telegraph Blogs (link): On Monday David Sifry of blog search engine Technorati posted his latest update on the state of the blogosphere. As well as showing that blogging continues to grow at a frightening pace – one new blog every second – David had some interesting data on the language of the blogosphere. English […]
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