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.
Abduction, Adoption, and Two Families’ Search for Answers
Posted by Sophie Beach | Jul 25, 2013
On ChinaFile, Charlie Custer of China Geeks tells the stories of two parents, one of a child abducted in China, the other of a child adopted from China, who may have been trafficked and sold to her orphanage. Through these two...
Read MoreAmerican Detained as GSK Scandal Widens (Updated)
Posted by Sophie Beach | Jul 25, 2013
The scandal surrounding British pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in China has widened as a previously unnamed American citizen who has been detained has been identified as Yu Yingzheng, the wife and business partner of...
Read MoreChina’s Leaders to Meet and Discuss Reform Prospects
Posted by Sophie Beach | Jul 24, 2013
The depth of President Xi Jinping’s commitment to reform has come under scrutiny since he took power in March. But in recent comments on an inspection tour of Hubei, he spoke about the need for far-reaching reforms in...
Read More“We Stand on the Right Side of History”
Posted by Sophie Beach | Jul 22, 2013
Lawyer and activist Xu Zhiyong was detained by police on July 16 on suspicion of “gathering crowds to disrupt order in public venues,” despite the fact that he had been under house arrest since April. China Change has translated...
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