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 the International Herald Tribune: The news that two major Chinese motorcycle manufacturers plan to build factories in Thailand to serve the regional market should serve as a wake-up call for everyone doing business in Asia. Yes, the Chinese are coming. Slowly, inefficiently, but surely, Chinese companies are on the march in Asia.
Read MoreFrom the Economist: The Chinese government is getting increasingly twitchy about what officials say is a rapid growth in the number and scale of public protests. In its latest bid to quash them, this week it announced a sweeping ban on internet material that incites “illegal demonstrations”. Does China face serious instability? Probably not, for […]
Read MoreFrom the 9/25 New York Times Magazine: We were the only girls’ company, and we marched behind a battalion of boys; the road across the village was shrouded by dust. A water buffalo, used to the tramping, grazed undisturbed. A villager saw us and called out, “Girl-soldiers this time.” The villagers appeared in every door, […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: At first glance, the new rules handed down by China’s broadcasting authority seemed natural enough in a country where the Communist Party feels duty-bound to set the tone for everything, even pop music. Masters of ceremony on state television’s seemingly endless roster of variety shows, the regulations said, should avoid vulgarity, […]
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has taken new measures aimed at controlling citizens’ access to information through the Internet by slapping controls on bloggers. The question remains: can the authorities maintain a one-party dictatorship and at the same time give proper attention to the information needs of a vibrant economy?
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