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.

Africa’s Free Press Problem

In the New York Times, Mohamed Keita, Africa advocacy coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists, writes about declining press freedom conditions in many African countries and the increasingly influential role of...

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China’s Censors Tested by Microbloggers

The Guardian is publishing a seven-day series titled, “Battle for the Internet.” According to their introduction: “From states stifling dissent, to the new cyberwar front line, we look at the challenges facing...

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Perry Link: On Fang Lizhi

In the New York Review of Books, Perry Link remembers his friend Fang Lizhi, the physicist and one of China’s most prominent dissidents, who died last week: Fang’s path through life observed a pattern that is common to...

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