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China blog notes on the last day of 2008Posted by Jeremy Goldkorn, December 31, 2008 10:13 AM
Kai Pan at the group blog CN Reviews today posted a list of English China Blogs To Watch In 2009. The list includes some of the usual suspects of the English language China blog scene. Danwei is in there, although we are chastised for publishing a large "amount of book reviews and high-brow culture posts that go on and on" which Kai finds "too esoteric and irrelevant". In other English China blog news, voting for the Chinalyst blog awards of 2008 closes today. There are some good finds amongst the nominees, although it seems Chinalyst is run by robots because there are also many blogs on the list that have not been updated in months. The grand old daddy of English language blog listings is the China Blog List, compiled by John Pasden of Sinosplice. Finally, occasional Danwei contributor Peter Micic now has his own blog, An Imperfect Pen, about an eclectic variety of China related topics topics from history and music. |
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Comments on China blog notes on the last day of 2008
To be clear, all of us at CNReviews are Danwei fanboys.
Kai, in his desire to stir up some controversy, points out that Danwei is exceptional for those with a base of knowledge of China and broad based intellectual interests. But in serving the core, loyal audience of Danwei (and the Danwei contributors interests) there is the risk that the overall editorial blend is less accessible to a broader audience.
Perhaps this can be handled through categories and category feeds, or even a Danwei sub-brand that focuses on short news and easily digestible commentary.
Anyway, this is a subject near and dear to our heart because we at CNReviews have failed miserably at defining our focus, and pretty much post about whatever we d*mn well feel like. We hope to change this in 2009 and gain focus, a common voice, and perhaps follow a few specific storylines and themes.