Comments on: China: How journalists blog http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/07/23/china-how-journalists-blog/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:04:52 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: William Foster, PhD http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/07/23/china-how-journalists-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-212946 William Foster, PhD Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:53:40 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/07/23/china-how-journalists-blog/#comment-212946 Congratulations on your one month anniversary. Your article provides interesting insights into blogging in China. Congratulations on your one month anniversary. Your article provides interesting insights into blogging in China.

]]> By: Isiah Lee-Fowlett http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/07/23/china-how-journalists-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-197762 Isiah Lee-Fowlett Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:16:03 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/07/23/china-how-journalists-blog/#comment-197762 The blogs written by Chinese about China are infinitely more interesting than those written by foreigners living in China. Many, many blogs written from China are by people teaching English who speak nary a word of Chinese (to teach English in China, you need only show up). Yet these blogs are linked to, sometimes quoted, and read as if they are insights from people who are immersed in China. That is almost never the case: they live in China but they are largely ignorant of the culture and the system, seeing it only through the eyes of student translators and the odd bike ride. They will frequently say that they are not censored in the classroom, thereby "demonstrating" that China is free. In fact, they are not censored because no one in China pays any attention to them. Regrettably, too many others outside of China don't do the same. IL-F The blogs written by Chinese about China are infinitely more interesting than those written by foreigners living in China. Many, many blogs written from China are by people teaching English who speak nary a word of Chinese (to teach English in China, you need only show up). Yet these blogs are linked to, sometimes quoted, and read as if they are insights from people who are immersed in China. That is almost never the case: they live in China but they are largely ignorant of the culture and the system, seeing it only through the eyes of student translators and the odd bike ride. They will frequently say that they are not censored in the classroom, thereby “demonstrating” that China is free. In fact, they are not censored because no one in China pays any attention to them. Regrettably, too many others outside of China don’t do the same.

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]]> By: Angela Chen Shui http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/07/23/china-how-journalists-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-194841 Angela Chen Shui Sun, 23 Jul 2006 23:17:06 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/07/23/china-how-journalists-blog/#comment-194841 Congratulations, Min, on reaching your 1-month anniversary! Wishing you more fun, fulfilment and international friendship as you add your views to our melting global blog-pot. I took a longgg time to find out about blogging.. at least that's how it seems when I finally came across the phenomenon. I thought it was 'made for me'. As an avid journal writer from my pre-10 years, I took to blogging as another way to express myself and share my feelings and thoughts. I simply cannot imagine life without blogging. ;-) Congrats again and all the veryyy best, Angela. Congratulations, Min, on reaching your 1-month anniversary! Wishing you more fun, fulfilment and international friendship as you add your views to our melting global blog-pot.

I took a longgg time to find out about blogging.. at least that’s how it seems when I finally came across the phenomenon. I thought it was ‘made for me’. As an avid journal writer from my pre-10 years, I took to blogging as another way to express myself and share my feelings and thoughts.

I simply cannot imagine life without blogging. ;-)

Congrats again and all the veryyy best,

Angela.

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