Interesting Chinese Media
zhoudage
July 07, 2011, 06:37 AM posted in General DiscussionIt's easy enough to go on Baidu and find random blogs or websites to read, but let's face it, Baidu is not the best portal for finding information. For instance, I'd love to have a source for watching Chinese documentaries, reading off-beat news, or simply listening to underground Chinese music. It would be great if we could generate a list here on CPod for those of us interested in these kinds of things. News sites, blogs, torrent sites for chinese media etc...
zhoudage
Oh, I totally forgot about Chinasmack. I haven't been on there in probably a year. Thanks baby.... eww that's a pretty cold joke. or maybe it's just bad. time will tell.
babyeggplant
You're welcome. (tried to come up with something for your name, but failed).
zhoudage
No worries. I fail all the time. It's sort of my thing.
daofeishi
July 07, 2011, 09:19 PMThe Chinese blogs I read are
韩寒: http://blog.sina.com.cn/twocold
章文: http://zhangwen.blshe.com/
王卯卯 (cartoonist, creator of Tuzki): http://blog.sina.com.cn/wangmomo
方舟子: http://blog.sina.com.cn/fangzhouzi
bodawei
Hey daofeishi - thanks for sharing those links, vry cool.
daofeishi
Oh, I left out one of the most interesting ones: 李银河 (Li Yinhe), sociologist, sexologist and gay rights activist: http://blog.sina.com.cn/liyinhe
zhoudage
Excellent, exactly what I'm looking for blog-wise.
What about in terms of documentaries, preferably non-Chinese government sponsored documentaries, or is that too much to ask?
daofeishi
If you want documentaries in general, you can find a lot of them on www.youku.com. For Chinese language documentary/discussion/debate, the closest thing I know of is Voice of America (http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/) whose YouTube channel is at http://www.youtube.com/user/VOAchina
zhoudage
Fantastic. I read through a couple of the blogs today including 李银河's. Great recommendations, my friend. Really fascinating stuff. Thanks!
babyeggplant
July 07, 2011, 09:07 PMFor off-beat news, have you tried chinasmack? Everything there is translated, but they always give a link to the original source.