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.
Tracing the Sources of Bo Xilai’s Family Fortune
Posted by Sophie Beach | Apr 22, 2012
With allegations that former Chongqing party secretary Bo Xilai’s wife may have planned the murder of British associate and friend Neil Heywood when he threatened to reveal the extent of her overseas assets, journalists...
Read MoreUS Woman Becomes Hero for Battered Wives in China
Posted by Sophie Beach | Apr 21, 2012
Kim Lee, the American wife of celebrity English teacher Li Yang, has become the focus of media attention in China after she used her weibo account to publicize evidence that her husband had brutally beaten her. AP reports on how...
Read MoreMaster of the Media Spotlight Is Now Its Victim in China
Posted by Sophie Beach | Apr 21, 2012
Disgraced Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai once majored in journalism but later worked hard to bolster his public image by closely managing coverage of his administration by local media. Now, he has fallen victim to a...
Read MoreBo Xilai, Neil Heywood, and the Future of the CCP
Posted by Sophie Beach | Apr 20, 2012
For those who need to catch up on the recent events in China, the Guardian’s Tania Branigan and Jonathan Watts have written an overview of what is known so far in the convoluted case involving Bo Xilai, his wife Gu Kailai,...
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