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 Good Morning America’s ongoing series about China: Carol Wang and Emily Ellenberger live 7,000 miles apart, but the teenagers share many similarities. Both are focused, determined, sociable, determined and computer-savvy. Yet once the school bell rings, the differences between the two college-bound students’ educations are striking. Carol’s school in China is sharply focused on […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: During George W. Bush’s first term in office, critics complained of a lack of foreign-policy consensus within the administration. But since Condoleezza Rice has taken over at the State Department, administration officials seem to be working from the same script on almost all the most pressing international issues. Except China. […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via CNET News: Taiwan’s government has asked Web search company Google to stop calling the self-ruled island a “province of China” on its Google Maps service, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday… “It is incorrect to call Taiwan a province of China because we are not,” foreign ministry spokesman Michel Lu said. “We […]
Read MoreThanks to Professor Rudolph Wagner of the University of Heidelberg for the following information: Yannan.cn, a Beijing-based website that over the last year had emerged as the foremost forum for intellectual discussion and cutting-edge thinking in China, has closed down effective Oct. 1. A note says: “Effective today, Yannan.cn has closed for cleansing up and […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg, via the International Herald Tribune: For a leader looking to bolster his nation’s economy and reduce its reliance on the United States, the idea seemed like a no-brainer: Hitch your fortunes to China. President Luiz In√°cio Lula da Silva of Brazil did just that… Now, Lula has some explaining to do to a […]
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