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The following sites make up Laszlo’s recommended daily requirements to staying totally and completely in touch with what’s going on in China:
| Alltop | Nononina | CHINA ALLTOP | The perfect solution for anyone who must know everything that is going on in China all the time 24/7 at any given moment. Collects headlines from all the majors. Great all-in-one solution for any respectable China news and info junkie. Links to many of the Greats listed here on this Recommended Links page. |
| BBC China News | The BBC | BBC CHINA | All the latest China news from the BBC |
| Bloomberg-China | Bloomberg | BLOOMBERG CHINA | I check it daily. Gives you a snapshot of what's going on in business, finance and the economy in China. Lots of gold stored here but you have to dig for it. |
| Caixin English | Caixin | CAIXIN ENGLISH | Great for a daily digest of China business news headlines. |
| CCTV.com English | CCTV | CCTV ENGLISH | I check this one out often.just to keep an eye on CCTV. |
| The China Daily | The GCD | CHINA DAILY | This link is for the US edition. An excellent resource to round out all your China news and information. I'd call this the USA Today of China. They also have a free App. |
| China Debate | Malcolm Riddell | CHINA DEBATE | Insight and commentary on policy and business in China. Written by someone qualified to to write on the topic: ultra cool Malcolm Riddell. Lots of heavyweight contributors to the blog. |
| China Realtime Report | Wall Street Journal | WSJ CHINA REALTIME | A blog from the WSJ. A "must-have" bookmark for any China business and economy watcher. |
| Global Times | GLOBAL TIMES | Backed by the China government - worth scanning for anything interesting. | |
| Google News-China | GOOGLE NEWS CHINA | Also a good source for current news and headlines in China. Aggregates news stories from all the biggest brand name news sources (the guys who actually hump it all over to get the news) | |
| Sinocism | Bill Bishop | SINOCISM | You can subscribe and get this daily via email. A daily blog from one of theex-pat greats in Beijing, Bill Bishop. |
| The Standard - China Section | The HK Standard | HK STANDARD-CHINA | The China section from the HK Standard |
| Xinhua | The GCD | XINHUA ENGLISH | The English edition of China's OFFICIAL news service. If you see it here, it's official. |
These blogs I check weekly. Each one is a China expert and knows how to articulate what’s going on there:
| Chilling in the Pressure Cooker | CITPC-HK BLOG | Ex-pat blog by someone living in Hong Kong | |
| China Brief | The Jamestown Foundation | CHINA BRIEF | Published by the Jamestown Foundation |
| China Geeks | Charlie Custer | CHINA GEEKS | Charlie Custer's blog. Translations and analysis of modern China. |
| China Hearsay | Stan Abrams | STAN ABRAMS | Beijing-based IP/IT lawyer Stan Abrams, very knowledgeable on the subject. |
| China Leadership Monitor | Hoover Institurion | CHINA - HOOVER | Opinon blog from the Hoover Institution & Stanford University |
| China Rhyming | Paul French | CHINA RHYMING | A gallimaufry of random China history and research interests. The great Shanghai-based writer Paul French. |
| China Rises | McClatchy Newspapers | CHINA RISES | Tom Lasseter from McClatchy excellent blog.one of many fantastic and informed journalists in Beijing |
| Danwei | Jeremy Goldkorn | DANWEI.COM | Admired, respected.The one and only. |
| Hurun Report | Hurun | HURUN | These guys are famous for maintaining and publishing the "Forbes 400 of China". The Hurun Rich List tracks China's richest tycoons as well as life at the top rung of the ladder.. |
| Imagethief | Will Moss | IMAGE THIEF | Will Moss's blog - very informed guy. Public relations, communication and interesting times in China since 2004. Sadly, Will is leaving Beijing in January 2013. Hope he keeps blogging. |
| John L. Thornton China Center | Brookings Inst. | BROOKINGS | Interesting articles from the likes of Kenneth G. Lieberthal, Michael E. O'Hanlon and others |
| Jottings from the Granite Studio | Jeremiah Jenne | J.F. THE GRANITE STUDIO | On hiatus for a while, a real China historian (as opposed to Laszlo Montgomery) who lives and does research in Beijing. This long-running respected blog gives insight and commentary from someone who speaks the language and articulately explains about history and whats going on in China. |
| Letters From China | Evan Osnos | EVAN OSNOS | Staff writer for The New Yorker in Beijing.Great writer and China hand. |
| Liuzhou Laowai | The Liuzhou Laowai | LIUZHOU LAOWAI | Random thoughts from a Brit living in Liuzhou, Guangxi home of the best coffin wood in China. |
| Patrick Chovanec | Patrick Chovanec | PATRICK CHOVANEC | Tsinghua U. professor based in Beijing. |
| Shenzhen Noted | Mary Ann O'Donnell | SHENZHEN NOTED | Blogging urban change since 2005. I have followed this blog for years. Shenzhen isn't the sexiest or best known city in the world but it's uniquely in its own category. There is no place like it in China or the world. If you're serious about looking at the details of life in China rather than headlines,Mary Ann puts a magnifying glass on Chinese society (in Shenzhen) like few others can do. |
| Silicon Hutong | David Wolf | DW-SILICON HUTONG | China and the world of business, written by someone who knows what he's talking about |
| Sinica Podcast | Kaiser Kuo/Jeremy Goldkorn et. al. | SINICA | I've mentioned them enough times already.. One of the great weekly podcasts covering what's going down in China. |
| Sinostand | Eric Fish | SINOSTAND | Culture, politics and business in China |
| Tea Leaf Nation | Tea Leaf Media | TEA LEAF NATION | I check this every few days. Excellent and informed writers. Useful and interesting articles. Been around since 2011 |
| The China Story | Australian Centre on China in the World | THE CHINA STORY | A collaboration with Danwei.com (and others). Dr. Geremie R. Barm, director of the project. Get lost in this site. Lots of great articles about issues of the day. |
| The Economist Intelligence Unit | The Economist | ECONOMIST INTEL-CHINA | The China section of The Economist's Intelligence Unit |
| The Peking Duck | THE PEKING DUCK | A peculiar hybrid of personal journal, dilettantish punditry, pseudo-philosophy and much more, from an Accidental Expat in BJ | |
| The Peking Review | David Wolf | DW-PEKING REVIEW | Thought-Provoking Reading from the Capital of the Middle Kingdom |
Irreverent Sites with great photo stories and comments from the Chinese part of the WWW. A nice little window to China society. I check them every few days. Great stuff!!
| China Hush | Key et. al | CHINAHUSH | All of these sites and a few more I know that are out there, offer a nice glimpse into aspects of China society that might be hard to see in the mainstream. The comments following each story are priceless and a nice window into China. |
| ChinaSMACK | Not sure | CHINASMACK | All of these sites and a few more I know that are out there, offer a nice glimpse into aspects of China society that might be hard to see in the mainstream. The comments following each story are priceless and a nice window into China. |
| Ministry of Harmony | MIN. HARMONY | All of these sites and a few more I know that are out there, offer a nice glimpse into aspects of China society that might be hard to see in the mainstream. The comments following each story are priceless and a nice window into China. | |
| Ministry of Tofu | Jing Gao et. al. | MINISTRY TOFU | All of these sites and a few more I know that are out there, offer a nice glimpse into aspects of China society that might be hard to see in the mainstream. The comments following each story are priceless and a nice window into China. |
Other blogs and loose ends that I follow and heartily recommend:
| M and MX | Magnus & Mingxi | MANDMX | Talented husband & wife team of Magnus & Mingxi bring a steady supply of humor, language lessons and culture via the medium of comics |
City Guides and Journals:
| Notes From Xi'an | Richard Frost | NOTES XIAN | Nice local blog of Englishman, Mr. Richard Frost. A great resource is you're traveling in Xian. |
| Shanghai Business Review | Middle Kingdom Media | SHANGHAI BUSINESS | This is a nice local business news site with a focus on Shanghai |
| Shenzhen Daily | Shenzhen Daily | SHENZHEN DAILY | News from Shenzhen |
| Beijing Daze | BEIJING DAZE | Everything you ever wanted to know about the underground live music scene in China. | |
| The Shanghailander | SHANGHAILANDER | For anyone interested in pre-Liberation Shanghai history and culture | |
| Beijing Cream | Anthony Tao et. al. | BEIJING CREAM | Fun, entertaining and informative also on Pinterest, Facebook, Youku, Weibo, Renren. |
| Ningbo Guide | NINGBO GUIDE | If you find yourself stuck in Ningbo, this is a good guide for stuff to do locally. |
Any great sites I left off the Recommended List, email and let me know!