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.
Bo Xilai, Gu Kailai Targeted in Propaganda Campaign
Posted by Sophie Beach | Apr 12, 2012
As official media in China continue with a campaign to unite the public and the party behind the decision to dismiss former Chongqing party secretary Bo Xilai, speculation over the case is still rampant. The New York Times looks...
Read MoreHexie Farm (蟹农场): Chongqing Hotpot
Posted by Sophie Beach | Apr 12, 2012
For his latest contribution to the Hexie Farm CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab takes on the hottest political story of the day: the dismissal of former Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai and the investigation of his wife, Gu...
Read MoreChina Seeks to Contain Fallout From Scandal
Posted by Sophie Beach | Apr 11, 2012
Following the revelation yesterday that Bo Xilai had been dismissed from his powerful Communist Party posts and his wife was being investigated in the murder of Briton Neil Heywood, the CCP has worked hard to present an image of...
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