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 Los Angeles Times (free registration required): Under construction since January 2003, and in the planning stages for three years before that, the 310-acre park represents Disney’s boldest move yet into...
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: China commemorated the 60th anniversary of Japan’s World War II defeat on Saturday, saying “the just had prevailed against the evil” back then but denying any military ambitions today. President Hu Jintao used the occasion to emphasize that China’s economic and military power is not directed against Japan or the […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China, the world’s second-largest oil consumer, may boost its long-term commitment to renewable energy use by 50 percent, a top policy maker said on Monday. Beijing currently aims to get one-tenth of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, and this year passed a law forcing power suppliers to buy more electricity from […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: As the age of globalization grapples with its first energy shock, few major economies may be more vulnerable than China. That is not what you will read in the popular press. There, the story is China’s 9.5 percent growth, its boundless potential and how the Chinese juggernaut will soon cost […]
Read MoreFrom Bloomberg: The European Union and China reached an agreement to end a stalemate that has left 400 million euros ($502 million) of Chinese garments stranded at European ports. “The EU and China will share responsibility for the goods which are blocked,” Simon Fraser, chief of staff to European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson, told journalists […]
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