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.
Hexie Farm (蟹农场): Pointing a Finger
Posted by Sophie Beach | Apr 3, 2013
For his latest contribution to the Hexie Farm CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab responds to recent reports of the detention of protesters demanding that Party officials reveal their personal assets. In the cartoon, the Tiananmen...
Read More3 Year 6 Month Sentence for Cultural Revolution Murder
Posted by Sophie Beach | Apr 2, 2013
Qiu Riren, an 80-year-old man tried for a murder he committed in 1967, has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for the crime. Qiu’s case became the focus of attention in China as it is one of the only...
Read MoreDissent Magazine: China’s 99%
Posted by Sophie Beach | Apr 2, 2013
The latest issue of Dissent Magazine has a special section dedicated to “China’s 99%,” or laobaixing. Curated by Jeffrey Wasserstrom, it includes articles about women, youth, ethnic minorities, and workers....
Read MorePhoto: Celebrating Guan Yin’s birthday, Nanjing (2008), by Alison
Posted by Sophie Beach | Apr 2, 2013
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