Thursday, July 3, 2008

Mainstream Media blogs on China...

As is typically the way with the Internet, one thing leads to another. It was this headline in Google News that led to a number of other discoveries:
Best of the China Blogs: July 4
Wall Street Journal Blogs - 2 hours ago
But in China, there are only about 15000 players. This post considers some of the cross-cultural implications of the “alternate reality game” in China. [Virtual China] –Freedom of information has been a hot topic among the Chinese media since a new law ...
Perhaps it's time to pay more attention to the mainstream, despite the churnalism. The WSJ and Newsweek have both created specific China blogs so, now I am on a mission to find the rest and continue to update this post as I find the links and resources.
China Journal tracks the changes taking place in the world's most populous country, drawing on the insights of the Journal's award-winning team of nearly 20 journalists covering China to explain developments in the country's business world, economy, and culture. Sky Canaves is the lead writer for China Journal. You can write to the blog authors at chinajournal@wsj.com.
Newsweek's China blog, Countdown to Beijing is currently dedicated to the Olympics, but hopefully it will continue afterward with a new focus. They feature some outstanding journalists like Melinda Liu, and spice up their articles with hypertext - like I said, one thing leads to another.

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