|
The Thomas Crampton Channel
What is Asia Times Online?Posted by Thomas Crampton, December 23, 2008 1:08 AM
Shawn Crispin, Southeast Asia editor of Asia Times Online, tells Thomas Crampton about the Thailand-based site claiming to have the highest traffic for any English-language news site about Asia. |
Partner Links
Jobs in China
Recent Comments
lyl on
The cult of a Super Girl
Jeremy Gol on
Danwei Canteen: Chestnut Chicken Stew
Gareth on
Gamble your life away in ZT Online
Inst on
The Mouse looms over Shanghai
Anonymous on
Giant Mao Zedong stands alone in the autumn cold
Joel Marti on
A centenarian monk reads the newspaper
Media Partners
Visit these sites for the latest China news
China Media Timeline
Major media events over the last three decades
Danwei Model Workers
 Recommended blogs and new media
Books on China
 Xujun Eberlein's Apologies Forthcoming: Hong Kong's Blacksmith Books has published a short story collection by Xujun Eberlein.
Princess Der Ling: Two Years in the Forbidden City: Two years in the Forbidden City is largely a reminiscence of the minutiae of life for one of history's most powerful women, by one of her court attendants, a Manchu noble's daughter by the name of Der Ling.
Carl Crow's The Long Road Back to China: In 1939 Carl Crow - an American journalist, advertising executive and author who had lived in Shanghai for 25 years until forced out by the Japanese - travelled up the Burma Road from Rangoon to Chongqing on assignment for Liberty magazine － 'the most interesting assignment I have ever been given'.
Front Page of the Day
A different newspaper every weekday
From the Vault
Classic Danwei posts
+ New Years Past: Other Spring Festivals by Geremie R. Barmé (2007.02): Sang Ye interviews two people about their experiences during Great Leap Forward-era Spring Festivals. Translated and annotated by Geremie R. Barmé. + Trend-spotting in online fiction (2007.06): An interview with Daniel Dan Fei (丹飞), publisher of Notes on Graverobbing (盗墓笔记), Rear Palace (后宫), and Those Ming Dynasty Things (明朝那些事). + China's 50 Most Beautiful People (2005.03): The Beijing News borrows a picture of Maggie Cheung from Cosmo for the cover of today's Entertainment insert, "50 Most Beautiful People in China". Ms. Cheung takes the top spot, with Takeshi Kaneshiro, Little S, Zhang Ziyi, and Liu Ye rounding out the top five in this exercise that is a conscious imitation of People magazine's yearly rundown.
Danwei Archives
Danwei Feeds
Via Feedsky
 (on the mainland)or Feedburner  (blocked in China) Main feed: Main posts (FB has top links) Top Links: Links from the top bar Danwei Jobs: Want ads Danwei Digest: Updated daily, 19:30 |
 |
Chinese media, advertising, and urban life. |
|
tweet
facebook
bookmark
HaoHao
digg
Comments on What is Asia Times Online?
According to their alexa ranking, they're quite a bit behind the China Daily. They're listed at 17000 something, while the China Daily is sitting around 2,700. While Alexa isn't everything, that's a pretty big difference. Or do they mean online-only?
What is Asia Times Online?
One of Asia's most disreputable news sources, that's what it is.
@TianjinExpats
Not only is China Daily online and offline, but I think they would not consider state-supported media in the same category. In addition to that, yes, I think they are only counting online media. Be interesting to compare them with Time Asia, the IHT and FT in Asia. Sticking to online alone, is their claim credible?
@reader
Care to elaborate?
I am a European reader of ATOl. Asia Times Online is the best online newspaper (journal) since the turn of the century. Previously I read The Economist. Since the mid 90s, The Economist has become the "Pravda" of the Anglo-Saxon financial oligarchies, I stopped. ATOl also has some intellectually challenging stars like Henry K.C. Liu, Chan Akiya and Spengler. Good luck,
Janos
thomas - what other pan-asian online-online news sites are there? Easy to be the highest traffic in a category with little or no competition.
i dip in occasionally but find it has little to keep me there. It lacks the gossipy feel of a blog and can't compete with the likes of FT,etc, when it comes to genuine news and comment. seems to be a product without a purpose.
There is also Asia Sentinel.