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.
An explosion at an Internet cafe in Guizhou has killed at least six and injured about 36, BBC reports: The blasts completely destroyed the cafe, which was located under a bridge, and shattered windows on nearby buildings, said...
Read MoreIn the Globe and Mail, Mark MacKinnon profiles ten dissidents, including Liu Xiaobo, Han Han, and party insider Li Rui, including examples of why he defines them as dissidents, what their impact has been, and their reaction to...
Read MoreAs the Cancun climate change conference gets underway, China announces new subsidies to solar power firms, NPR reports: The Finance Ministry announcement late Thursday came amid global talks in Cancun, Mexico, on controlling...
Read MoreThe New Yorker’s Political Scene Podcast interviews Ryan Lizza, Barbara Demick, and Evan Osnos about the Wikileaks cables as they pertain to North Korea and China. Listen here: The cables also failed to offer a better...
Read MoreA motorcycle parked outside a bathhouse in Tianjin, by Matthew Stinson
Read More
Click on the image to download Firefly for circumvention
CDT is a non-profit media site, and we need your support. Your contribution will help us provide more translations, breaking news, and other content you love.
