The best English language blog about China, by far, is called ESWN, or East South West North. The blogger is an international Hong Kong Chinese whose prolific output of incisive commentary and translations from Chinese language sources puts to shame most editors, journalists and researchers who write about China.

Who is the mysterious man behind ESWN? This is how he describes himself:

I am the hatchet man and I am very good. I am cold, clinical and merciless.

Go to ESWN to read the whole Hatchet Man Confession.