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.
The Online Journalism Review has published comments by a roundtable of experts talking about the state of blogging in China: Good news and bad news come intertwined in China, especially in its online world protected by the Great Firewall and the Golden Shield — technological attempts to control what’s said and viewed on the Internet. […]
Read MoreOn Danwei, Joel Martinsen summarizes Chinese press reports about the recent release of historical files in Guangdong: On Tuesday, the provincial archives in Guangdong formally opened 127,031 historical files to the public. These files cover the time period between 1949 and 1974, and hence include a large number of documents from the Cultural Revolution. They […]
Read MoreESWN writes: This story appeared in Nanfang Daily on June 22, 2005. On the day before, Nanfang Daily published an article about Dagang Town, Panyu City, Guangdong Province. The story was about how 1,147 villagers filed a joint complaint to the National Land Administration Department to demand the return of 19 hectares of land that […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times (free registration required): Flush with cash and a strong desire to expand their global reach, Chinese companies have stepped up their shopping spree to acquire U.S. assets, highlighted Tuesday by reports of a possible bid for Unocal Corp. and an offer for Maytag Corp. Mainland Chinese investments in the United […]
Read MoreIn the Shadow of Gaoligong By Brent E. Huffman Gaoligong Mountain trembled violently. Gaoligong is one of China’s biggest mountains located in Southwestern Yunnan province. It is terrifying to feel a mountain rumble and shake beneath your feet. My partner Chinese reporter Xiaoli Zhou and I were in its shadow as we walked a thin […]
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