Five Deserted Island China Blogs -- Just The Essentials, Ma'am.
Maybe I have been watching too much Lost (all that remains is the Season 4 finale), but in response to a barrage of demand (one email suggestion around a year ago), I have decided it is time I come out with my list of the five China blogs I would want to be able to read were I to be stranded on a deserted island for the next year or two. Now remember, this list is not meant to be the best five blogs or the most enjoyable five blogs or even the most important five blogs. It is a list of the five blogs I would want were I to be stranded without any other reading material. That all of these blogs have daily or near daily postings (oftentimes multiple postings per day) is a big plus as I figure I will have plenty of time to fill. It would be a cop out were I too list anything even resembling a blog aggregator (like Chinalyst or China Digital Times or Virtual Review China) so I will not.
So without further ado, and in no particular order, and with just a bit of explanation, here goes:
1. Peking Duck. Why? Because this blog best captures the zeitgeist of China's expat community. Plus, it is fun.
2. Danwei. Why? Because there is something worth reading on there every day and every week or so there is something on there that is completely original and of critical importance.
3. EastSouthWestNorth (a/k/a ESWN). Why? Because it tells exactly what is happening in China and when it really matters, it gets in depth with it.
4. Shanghaiist. Why? See Danwei explanation above.
5. ImageThief. Why? Because it deals with the big issues as well as anyone and the writing is just so damn good.
What do you think?
http://www.chinalawblog.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-t.cgi/2728
Five Deserted Island China Blogs -- Just The Essentials, Ma'am.:
Comments
I think you probably know it should be "without further ado" and not "without further adieu"...I hope...
Posted by: Matt | July 21, 2008 8:39 AM
NOW you got me here to comment
i'm been peeking this blog for quite a while
without leaving anything
just happened to review LOST these days too,hehh
i don't know, if i'm choosing, chinalawblog.com seems a firmly NO.2 choice. are
and this is a sofa!
Posted by: bigbogboy | July 21, 2008 9:07 AM
Dan,
You're breaking our heart!
Actually I read 4 of the 5 above regularly as well. Imagethief... not familiar with it, but will certainly check it out at your recommendation.
Posted by: Tang Buxi | July 21, 2008 12:14 PM
Totally agree on 3 of the 5 above (they are regulars in my bullpen), though I have not perused ESWN yet. Will check it out.
Used to read the Duck regularly but it became such a Mongolian clusterf**k with tirades that ran 20 paragraphs long that I just couldn't stomach it anymore. Cut from the team.
Your site ain't too shabby either and is part of the regular rotation.
Cheers
Posted by: Hunxuer | July 21, 2008 5:48 PM
Matt,
I knew that, but apparently French just comes so easily to me (I was a French major and lived in France for two years) I did it wtihout even thinking.
Posted by: Dan | July 21, 2008 6:34 PM
bigbogboy,
Who is number 1? I couldn't include this blog because I figure if I am marooned on an island I will be unable to write for it any more.
Posted by: Dan | July 21, 2008 6:35 PM
Tang Buxi,
I am a cautious guy (being a lawyer and all) so one of my criteria was that the blog had to have been around for a long time. No way am I going to risk losing 20% of my blogs when I do not even know how long I will be there. Otherwise your blog (Blogging for China) would have been right up there. Worry not, however, as I have a bunch more top five lists planned.
Posted by: Dan | July 21, 2008 6:40 PM
Hunxuer,
Thanks for the plug. With respect to PekingD, are you talking about the posts or the comments?
Posted by: Dan | July 21, 2008 6:45 PM
@Dan
i don't know, maybe danwei, or ESWN, i'm keep reading them too! and your blog, and i found some more english blogs from here,thanks
Posted by: bigbogboy | July 22, 2008 7:26 AM
Dan,
Thanks for the prop. :) Just FYI, we've changed our title to something a little more neutral: "Fool's Mountain".
And there are a couple legal threads waiting for your input.
Posted by: Tang Buxi | July 22, 2008 10:36 AM
Dan:
As for P. Duck, sometimes it's the post...other times it's the comments. Some of those guys think they're writing for historical posterity or something!
Posted by: Hunxuer | July 22, 2008 5:56 PM