Comments on: Sinica podcast: The death of the China blog

By: Liuzhou Laowai

Liuzhou Laowai — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:54:38 +0000

Ryan, you clearly didn’t listen to the podcast.

“people who are interested in China read said blogs”

Well, of course. I tend not to read blogs on subjects I’m not at all interested in!

Thanks for the mention, Jeremy!

By: LaoLao

LaoLao — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:00:05 +0000

@ryan – You really should listen to the podcast…

@Will – I really enjoyed the podcast and have just now looked at a couple of the blogs mentioned. This was the first Sinica I’ve managed to listen to and will now go back for the rest.

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By: Will

Will — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:42:15 +0000

Ryan, you did actually listen to the podcast, right? And therefore caught that the “China blogging is dead” thing was a joke, and noted that we not only named many blogs we thought were great (including the ones above), but also conceded that although the sense of community has changed, the overall blogging scene remains positive and lively?

As for the “old boys club” and the inflated sense of importance, most definitely. But, hey, we’re in China.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:08:49 +0000

“Because who reads blogs these days?”

People who are (and remain) interested in China. With all due respect, it is somewhat arrogant to claim that these blogs are “dead”. But to be honest, I find many of China’s English heavy-weight bloggers tend to have an inflated sense of importance and impact within the greater global blog community…certainly more so than their counterparts in other countries I’ve lived in (kind of like an old boys club, in some ways). Like I said, people who are interested in China read said blogs…so sure, maybe some traffic has been diverted to other mediums and things are no longer as lush as they once were…but come on, put it into perspective. They are blogs…not rock and roll.