China Success Stories: New Blogroll Addition With A Caveat
We have added China Success Stories to our blogroll. Now usually when I add a site to the roll, I drone on somewhat endlessly on how much I like it and on how it is a great source for such and such. I am not going to do that here as my feelings about the site are mixed.
The site describes itself as follows:
China Success Stories is a Dutch company, founded by four China-enthusiasts, out of sheer interest in the Chinese market, and the way it is currently developing itself. Studying the Chinese 'miracle' however, we discovered that information on the internet today is shattered, cluttered and even worse, we found a lot of opportunistic stories. In order to unravel the true Chinese story we set foot to simplify doing business with China for everyone. As a first step to fulfilling that mission we will centralize relevant data on this web site. And we created a weekly free newsletter, packed with useful insights, powerful tips and unique first hand experiences of people just like you: enjoying Chinese Success Stories!
Because the site is a collection of posts from various authors its quality is inherently variable. Of course, the quality of posts varies on every site, but more so on sites with unlimited outside authors. So though China Success puts up posts from highly knowledgeable China people like Sam Flemming and Jack Perkowski, that should not be missed, it also puts up many posts that should be.
Overall though it definitely does far more good than harm so onto the blogroll it goes and I do urge you to check it out.
Comments (2)
Read through and enter the discussion by using the form at the endMichiel de Boer - December 10, 2007 1:15 PM
Dan, I (and Noor, Suzanne & Robert) are really glad you did! With many thanks for the feedback as well. We aim to improve quality continuously, and over the last 10 months that we have been around, we are making progress in that respect. At least, as far as some authorities out there - like you - are concerned. So many thanks again for the praise. Do look out for our soon to launch 'new & improved' site (you will like it, and do not hesitate to review us harshly if you do not ;-).
Striving to get rid of the mixed feeling! Michiel
David - December 11, 2007 3:35 AM
Michiel,
I joined your group on LinkedIn a while ago. However it seems like you are more focused on how quickly you can grow it rather than the quality of that network. If it gets to a few thousand people who have a vague interest in China then it will become meaningless.