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.
Jinshan, Shanghai PX Protests Continue
Posted by Sophie Beach | Jun 28, 2015
Reports of a planned paraxylene (PX) plant in Jinshan District, Shanghai, have spurred several...
Read MorePhoto: Don’t hit it my way, don’t hit it my way, by P Bibler
Posted by Sophie Beach | Jun 28, 2015
Photo: 球迷 工人体育场 (Soccer fans, Workers Stadium), by jinjian liang
Posted by Sophie Beach | Jun 26, 2015
What the West Should Know About Xi Jinping
Posted by Sophie Beach | Jun 25, 2015
In the New Statesman, Jonathan Fenby provides a rundown of Xi Jinping’s leadership, the ways...
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