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.
Legal Scholar Zhang Xuezhong Briefly Detained After Publishing Open Letter to NPC
Posted by Sophie Beach | May 11, 2020
Legal scholar Zhang Xuezhong, 43, was briefly detained in Shanghai after writing an open letter on WeChat addressed to delegates of the National People’s Congress, which is set to meet at the end of this month after...
Read MorePhoto: Five senses series – Taste 1/2, by Gauthier DELECROIX – 郭天
Posted by Sophie Beach | May 10, 2020
Minitrue: Delete All References to US Deputy National Security Advisor Pottinger’s Speech
Posted by Sophie Beach | May 10, 2020
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. Strictly delete any reposts,...
Read MoreMartin Hála: Pandemic as Symbolic End to Three Decades of Buoyant Globalization
Posted by Sophie Beach | May 8, 2020
The following essay is by Martin Hála of Project Sinopsis, Charles University, Prague. Pandemic as Symbolic End to Three Decades of Buoyant Globalization The past is over, and the future’s not what it used to be When we come...
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