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.
Photo: The ladies from Ya’an (2010), by Francois de Halleux
Posted by Sophie Beach | Apr 27, 2013
Carjack Victim Recounts Ordeal in Boston
Posted by Sophie Beach | Apr 27, 2013
The April 15 bombing at the Boston Marathon hit the community of Chinese living in the U.S. especially hard. Of the three fatalities, one was Boston University graduate student Lü Lingzi from Shenyang. It has now been revealed...
Read MoreThree Tibetan Self-Immolations Reported in One Day
Posted by Sophie Beach | Apr 24, 2013
Reports have come in about three separate self-immolation protests today in Tibetan areas of Sichuan. Phayul reports on the deaths of two monks at Kirti Monastery: The exile seat of the Kirti Monastery in Dharamshala identified...
Read MoreIn China, Breathing Becomes a Childhood Risk
Posted by Sophie Beach | Apr 23, 2013
As severe smog becomes a fact of life for people living in Beijing and other Chinese cities, families with young children are hardest hit, Edward Wong reports for the New York Times. Many families, both Chinese and foreign, are...
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