Cultural voyeurism

October 21, 2008 8:46 AM

ChinaSMACK. English China. (Occasionally NSFW)
posted by klue (11 comments total)

Interesting but odd.
posted by schyler523 at 9:35 AM on October 21, 2008

So sayeth ever explorer who ever trod upon a new world
posted by infini at 9:44 AM on October 21, 2008

Nice site, neat Ts.
posted by buzzman at 10:01 AM on October 21, 2008

Unhealthy obsession with high-school blow jobs. But enough about me; it's a fun site.
posted by Abiezer at 10:14 AM on October 21, 2008 [2 favorites]

Not as outrageous as English Russia, but then they're two very different countries.

My favorite Chinablog / current events aggregator right now is EastSouthWestNorth.
posted by xthlc at 11:12 AM on October 21, 2008

Very nice, with a strong Shanghainese perspective. I've been reading it along with ESWN and they're both great reads.
posted by reformedjerk at 11:30 AM on October 21, 2008

This is a good one - it's really pretty up-to-date on what Chinese internet-goes (they call themselves "netizens" for some reason) are getting exercised about, and I love that they provide the forum reactions to all the stories. Which is usually an interesting mix of ultranationalism and criticism of the Chinese government.
posted by alexwoods at 1:11 PM on October 21, 2008 [1 favorite]

tabloidish but nice to know the same appeal is present thus letting us know that all that stuff we buy at Walmart is helping them to become so much better human beings.
posted by Postroad at 3:37 PM on October 21, 2008

If China blogs are your thing, my expat brother runs his own over at DragonHunting.com. It's kinda humorous, and has lots of pictures.
posted by patr1ck at 6:08 PM on October 21, 2008

might I recommend China Vortex highly for a strategy/internet/business/economy perspective on China?
posted by infini at 10:02 PM on October 21, 2008

Danwei interviews the people behind ChinaSMACK
posted by Abiezer at 6:34 PM on October 22, 2008