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.
China Named World’s Leading Jailor of Journalists for Second Year; Vast Majority Charged with “Anti-state” Crimes
Posted by Sophie Beach | Dec 15, 2020
The Committee to Protect Journalists has released its annual global survey of imprisoned journalists, and found that for the second year in a row, China tops the list with 47 in prison. From the report introduction by Elana...
Read MoreMinitrue Diary, March 10, 2020: Tibet Independence, COVID Rent Relief, Whistleblower, Epidemic Transmission and Treatments
Posted by Sophie Beach | Dec 11, 2020
CDT has recently acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of this year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020,...
Read MoreMinitrue Diary, March 7, 2020: TV Dramas, Taiwan Elections, Gratitude Education, Diamond Princess, Hotel Collapse
Posted by Sophie Beach | Dec 8, 2020
CDT has recently acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to state media at the beginning of this year. These directives were issued on an almost daily basis in early 2020,...
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