chinaSMACK

chinaSMACK
Type of site
 blog
Available in English
Website www.chinasmack.com
Alexa rank 18,529
Launched 2008 (2008)

chinaSMACK is a blog based in California, United States, that covers Chinese internet culture, trends, and discussion.[1] The majority of its content are trending Chinese-language internet news articles, social media posts, and Chinese netizen comments that have been translated into English, making it accessible to audiences who cannot read Mandarin Chinese. It is known for its raw, unfiltered, and often controversial coverage of what becomes popular on the Chinese internet and trends in Chinese netizen sentiments on a broad spectrum of subject-matter.[2][3]

Its first post was published on July 9, 2008. Since then, the site has launched sister blogs koreaBANG, indoBOOM, russiaSLAM, and japanCRUSH which adopt chinaSMACK's editorial mission and format for their respective countries and netizen populations.

Notable media and publications that have sourced and cited chinaSMACK including the New York Times, BBC,[4] CNN,[5] AFP, Wall Street Journal,[6] Time, The Economist,[7] and The Colbert Report.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ http://whois.domaintools.com/chinasmack.com
  2. ↑ "AFP". Archived from the original on September 6, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  3. ↑ "CHINASMACK: A Taste of China's Internet". Time. October 31, 2008. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  4. ↑ "China's web users debate internet freedom". January 22, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Yale alum's gift stirs reaction in China". January 12, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Search Results for chinasmack". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Mr Hu goes to Washington". January 18, 2011.
  8. ↑ "chinasmack-featured-on-the-colbert-report.jpg". Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  9. ↑ http://www.cc.com/video-clips/b9m4e5/the-colbert-report-threatdown---interdimensional-black-people--gay-strokes---manipulative-sicko-monkeys
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