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.
Reuters takes a look at China’s deepening economic ties with the United Arab Emirates: If it weren’t for the veiled women and men in Arab garb, this could be a corridor in any of China’s factory cities, crammed...
Read MoreAn announcement ahead of the National People’s Congress about increases in China’s military budget has generated statements of concern from the Japanese government, the Wall Street Journal reports: The comments came...
Read MoreFor Forbes, Gady Epstein profiles Sina Weibo, the Chinese microblogging service: Weibo, launched in August 2009, was the Internet phenomenon of China in 2010, reaching 50 million users by the end of October–and is likely...
Read MoreChina is preparing to sign a deal with Turkmenistan that will increase China’s imports of gas by about a third. From the AP: The deal means Turkmenistan’s annual gas sales to China will eventually reach 60 billion...
Read MoreA boy in a hutong under renovation, by Christopher Cherry
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