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.

Defining the “Chinese Dream”

The “Chinese Dream” has been the primary guiding principle of President Xi Jinping’s new administration so far. Yet despite its ubiquity in official speeches and documents, its exact meaning and significance is...

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Hexie Farm (蟹农场): Behind the Wall

For his latest contribution to the Hexie Farm CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab comments on Beijing’s policies toward ethnic minorities. President Xi Jinping, depicted as a dishonest Pinocchio, is declaring the official...

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Filmmaker Du Bin Released on Bail

Fimmaker, photographer and author Du Bin has been released after five weeks in detention in Beijing. On May 31, Du disappeared from his apartment in Beijing and was held by police. Du was released on Monday, though he may still...

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China Mourns Students Killed in Plane Crash

People in China continue to mourn high school students Wang Linjia and Ye Mengyuan who were killed in the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday. More details have emerged about the girls, who...

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