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.
Calls for Transparency and a Free Media after Shifang
Posted by Sophie Beach | Jul 12, 2012
Now that the protests over a proposed molybdenum copper plant in Shifang, Sichuan have been resolved, observers are focusing on how government controls over information sparked or exacerbated the situation and on the long-term...
Read MoreForeigner Stabbed to Death in Beijing
Posted by Sophie Beach | Jul 11, 2012
Xinhua has reported that a foreigner has been stabbed and killed on a Beijing street. No further details have been provided about his identity, nationality, or a motive in the crime: The foreigner, whose nationality remains...
Read MorePhoto: Mopping up at the Water Cube, by Christopher Cherry
Posted by Sophie Beach | Jul 10, 2012
Hexie Farm (蟹农场): The Loudspeaker
Posted by Sophie Beach | Jul 9, 2012
For his latest contribution to his CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab of Hexie Farm again takes on government propaganda by representing it as a bullhorn hiding a gun. “Great, glorious and correct” and...
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