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.
AdAstra, the magazine of the National Space Society, has issued a special edition titled “Emerging China, Engaging China,” which contains several articles that “examine China’s emerging space prowess, its...
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: In 1980, three brothers in Qiaotou started up a business by picking buttons off the street. Twenty-five years on, this remote town makes almost every zip and button we wear. Just down the road, another has become a global centre for toothbrush-making, while a third is now the world capital of socks.
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Not long ago, shopping in China consisted mostly of lining up to entreat surly clerks to accept cash in exchange for ugly merchandise that did not fit. But now, Chinese have started to embrace America’s modern “shop till you drop” ethos and are in the midst of a buy-at-the-mall frenzy. […]
Read MoreFrom the New Zealand Herald: At first glance, Taiwan’s failure for the ninth consecutive year to gain observer status at the World Health Organisation annual assembly in Geneva is just another manifestation of its never-ending diplomatic tug-of-war with China. After all, it came just three days after Taiwan scored a small victory by winning back […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times: The Pentagon is preparing to release a report on the Chinese military that warns the US that it should take more seriously the possibility that China might emerge as a strategic rival to the US, according to a senior government official. The report has generated controversy in the Bush administration because […]
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