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.

More on Jiao Guobiao

Jiao Guobiao’s essay condemning the Propaganda Bureau is finally getting some international attention (although Wang Feng reported on it here two weeks ago). In addition to the NYT article posted below, RFA has also reported on Jiao’s essay. I have not yet seen an English translation of his essay, which is being widely distributed online, […]

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Clinton Foundation to Aid China With AIDS

The Chinese government has announced a partnership with Bill Clinton’s foundation to provide treatment for AIDS patients in China. Clinton’s efforts to distribute cheap AIDS medicine in developing countries are a slap in the face to the Bush administration’s cozy relationship with big pharmaceutical companies. The China-Clinton cooperation comes two weeks after the Chinese government […]

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To stay out of the red, China needs to go green (CSM)

The Christian Science Monitor reports today that environmental degradation may pose the biggest threat to China’s economic development: “This century, watch China. That nation’s explosive development is reshaping the global economy… Before it joins the world’s biggest economies, however, China faces two huge internal challenges. And surprisingly, the biggest one may be neither economic nor […]

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Bush may accept landmark rights petition against China (AFP)

Responding to what is becoming a campaign issue, President Bush may accept a labor rights petition that could result in sanctions against China. Trade experts point out that Bush could accept the petition, which is backed by Democratic rival John Kerry, without taking any further action against China. The full report is here.

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Democracy scares Beijing (Standard)

“Beijing is frightened by democracy and anything it cannot control, a former adviser to one-time party general secretary Zhao Ziyang told The Standard yesterday. That is why Beijing has finally revealed its intention to control the politics of Hong Kong, Wu Guoguang said.” The full report in Hong Kong’s The Standard is here.

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