It used to be that I’d skim 10-20 blogs a day, with even more sitting in my feed reader should I have the extra time. I love blogs, love blogging and love the China blogsphere. In fact, it was just that love for it all that led me to setup the Hao Hao Report, a way for the best stories about China to get more exposure.
However, in recent months I’ve been so swamped with other commitments that my blogxpeditions have become fewer and fewer, to the point where I do all I can just to keep all my own blogs up to date.
It’s a tangy taste of irony that my love for this stuff led me to make it my career, which, in turn, gobbled up all my free time to do the funner things the net has to offer.
But, I want to change all that. Over the last couple weeks, I’ve been trying to put time back in my day for the things I enjoy, including browsing blogs. Getting reacquainted with some and discovering some new ones.
I’m also going to try and feature a couple lists of blogs that I really like on here. And where better to start than my backyard.
Cool Suzhou Blogs
This is China! – Easily one of the most interesting blogs in the English-language China blogsphere. Written by William Dodson, it offers an in depth, candid and rather personal glimpse into business and life in general of a long-time China resident.
Just Another Laowai – The rough-around-the-edges humour infused blog of a good friend of mine. Man-purses, Chinese Viagra, and how to take a shit are all featured topics.
People’s Republic Of… – Another blog of a good friend – Steven, whom some may know as a contributor at the Lost Laowai China Expat Blog. Thankfully his posts on LLW are more frequent than his blog, which hasn’t been updated since autumn.
Bob’s Blog – Another soon-to-be contributor at Lost Laowai, I’ve only recently come across Bob’s blog. As might be guessed, I’m a sucker for site design, and I dig his. Simple, dark and slick. He’s also got a sweet collection of photos from his various travels.
Special mention should go to ChaBuDuo, a long-time fixture in the Suzhou blog scene. Though Matt’s left the Middle Kingdom for now, his blog is still an excellent resource and great read. Also, frequent commenter Jamieson needs mention as well… if you find his blog, let me know.
Well, there it is, my short list of Suzhou blogs. If I missed yours, either the aggressive shock therapy has finally worked, and I’ve managed to block it out, or I just don’t know about it. If you’ve got a Suzhou blog, and you happen to read this Suzhou blog, please let me know in the comments.
