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.

China Web Users Push Out Official

Chinese netizens expressed outrage when it was exposed that Cai Bin, a local official in Guangzhou, and his family owned more than 20 homes. Cai has now been detained and is under investigation. From the Wall Street Journal: Cai...

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Crash Puts New Focus on China Leaders

In the midst of the breaking scandal involving accusations that Chongqing Party chief Bo Xilai abused his power and wealth to benefit himself and his family, a Ferrari crashed on a Beijing road at 4 am, killing the driver and...

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Hexie Farm (蟹农场): The China Models

For his latest installment of the Hexie Farm CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab plays on the term “China Model,” which refers to China’s unique political and economic system of authoritarian capitalism, by...

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