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.
Translation: Xianzi’s Friends “Surround and Watch” in #metoo Solidarity
Posted by Sophie Beach | Dec 4, 2020
On Wednesday, December 2, Zhou Xiaoxuan, better known as Xianzi, appeared in court in the Haidian District of Beijing for a hearing in her lawsuit against celebrity CCTV host Zhu Jun for sexual harassment. Xianzi has accused Zhu...
Read MoreMinitrue Diary, March 4, 2020: Sun Yang, COVID in Prisons, Qiu Menghuang, Overseas Quarantine
Posted by Sophie Beach | Dec 3, 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 MoreTranslation: “I Want People to View my Case as a Drill” – An Interview with Xianzi
Posted by Sophie Beach | Dec 2, 2020
More than two years since she accused Zhu Jun, one of China’s most prominent TV hosts, of sexual harassment, Zhou Xiaoxuan, a 27-year-old screenwriter better known as Xianzi, finally went to court on Wednesday. In 2018, inspired...
Read MoreMinitrue Diary, March 2, 2020: COVID Patient’s Travel to Beijing, South Korea, Poverty Alleviation
Posted by Sophie Beach | Dec 1, 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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