Photo: Woman sells hair clips at Dongmen Market in Shenzhen, by Natalie Behring
Woman sells hair clips at Dongmen Market in Shenzhen, 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.
The Lawyers Speak Out On Taishi – ESWN
ESWN has translated brief excerpts from letters by two lawyers involved with the Taishi recall campaign (link): The account by lawyer Tang Jingling appeared in the Taiwan weekly magazine The Journalist (April 6-12, 2006, issue #996, p. 64-68). The account ends as follows: “On October 31, I was on vacation and the judiciary department requested […]
Read MoreGetting Rich, But Not Rowdy – Josef Joffe
From Time Asia (link): After Easter, China’s president Hu Jintao will visit Washington to huddle with George W. Bush. And well the two of them might, for the Chinese-American relationship will decide the course of our century just as much as the hot wars with Germany and Japan, and the cold war with the Soviet […]
Read MoreBeijing, the Vatican and the Zen factor – Francesco Sisci
From Asia Times (link): Spring has sprung in the Northern Hemisphere, yet a wintry chill has fallen over the relationship between China and the Vatican since the appointment of Joseph Zen as cardinal of Hong Kong. Still, there are spring-like signs of hope, developments and budding breakthroughs as both sides in recent days have expressed […]
Read MoreGoogle defends China deal – Joe McDonald (Updated)
From AP, via TheStar.com (link): Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt defended the search engine’s co-operation with Chinese censorship as he announced Wednesday the creation of a Beijing research centre and unveiled a Chinese-language brand name. Google is trying to raise its profile in China after waiting until January to launch its Chinese-language site Google.cn. Activists […]
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