Blogger Jeremy* (Danwei) wrote: “The China Daily has published a rather boring article on blogs in China. Much of it is about bloggers’ responses to the tsunami. The article includes this pearl of wisdom:
[T]here is an East-West difference. In places like the US, those blogs that offer journalistic information tend to attract the largest number of readers whereas Chinese blogs are mostly likely to be devoted to sharing personal feelings.
The
China Daily article did not speculate on why so few Chinese write about news and politics on their blogs.”
* In the original post last night, I mistook blogger Jeremy’s name with Wang Zhaohui, who is profiled on Danwei blog. My apologies. (updated on 9:00 am Jan. 7, 2005)
