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 Xinhua: China will work to allure more investment from overseas to boost its recycling economy and help develop a pollutant-free new energy, a senior environmental-protection official said here Wednesday… Giving a long list of multinationals engaged in China’s environmental protection business, Pan encouraged foreign companies to invest in this sector that took in a […]
Read MoreFrom Fortune Magazine: China is in shock from becoming so dependent on the world oil market so fast. A dozen years ago it was self-sufficient in oil; now it is the world’s third-largest oil importer. This year China may import half its oil. That’s why the country’s leadership, worried that energy shortages could threaten economic […]
Read MoreFrom Morgan Stanley: Mary Meeker discussed thoughts on the Internet and China at the annual Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association (HYSTA) conference in Santa Clara, California on May 7… Below, we have provided a link...
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: The Bush administration warned China on Tuesday that its currency policies were distorting world trade, and it brandished the threat of retaliation against the country’s exports if Chinese leaders did not change course in the next year. In language far harsher than it has used before, the Treasury Department declared […]
Read MoreThanks to David Cowhig for sending the following into CDT: Prof. Arienne Dwyer of the University of Kansas just sent me The Xinjiang Conflict: Uighur Identity, Language, Policy and Political Discourse. The book does get into the linguistic weeds a bit, but is worth skimming for those who follow developments in China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous […]
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