ChinaSMACK explained

chinaSMACK
Type:blog
Language:English (comments dual English/Mandarin)
Founder:Fauna
Current Status:Defunct (as of 2016)

chinaSMACK was a blog that covered Chinese internet culture, trends, and discussion. It was founded and run in Shanghai, China, by a woman under the Internet handle "Fauna",[1] [2] though its server was based in California, United States.[3] [4] Most of its content was composed of trending Chinese-language internet news articles, social media posts, and Chinese netizen comments that had been translated into English, making it accessible to audiences who could not read Mandarin Chinese. It was 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.[5] [6] Fauna, the founder, stated in an interview that her intention in creating the site was to both practice her English and "expose foreigners to stories that interested Chinese people."

The site was popular among expats in China[7] and, according to its founder in 2010, roughly 32% of chinaSMACK's readers were from the USA, 16% were from China, 6% were from Canada, and 5% were from the UK.[8] Its first post was published on July 9, 2008. Since then, the site had inspired sister blogs (all defunct as of 2016), koreaBANG, indoBOOM, russiaSLAM, and japanCRUSH which adopted chinaSMACK's editorial mission and format for their respective countries and netizen populations.[9]

Notable media and publications that have sourced and cited chinaSMACK include The New York Times, BBC,[10] CNN,[11] AFP, The Telegraph,[12] The Wall Street Journal,[13] Time, The Economist,[14] and The Colbert Report.[15] [16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cannon. Maile. Yang. Jingying. 2010-02-24. Bloggers Open an Internet Window on Shanghai. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210227024626/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/technology/25iht-rshanblog.html. 2021-02-27. New York Times. en-US.
  2. Web site: 2013-08-29. Too Weird To Be True? In China, You Never Can Tell. 2022-02-18. NPR, KERA News. en.
  3. Web site: Whois Record for ChinaSmack.com. 2022-02-18. DomainTools.com.
  4. Web site: Domier. Sharon. October 18, 2017. Research Guides: CHI351: Social Issues Project: News/Newspapers. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200529170538/https://libguides.smith.edu/chi351/news. May 29, 2020. Smith College. en.
  5. News: October 31, 2008. CHINASMACK: A Taste of China's Internet. Time. October 15, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20210115212128/https://world.time.com/2008/10/31/chinasmack-a-taste-of-chinas-internet/. January 15, 2021.
  6. Web site: February 17, 2010. China 'bridge blogs' translating web views. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110906072342/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hTBykaJB1uiWdSU6fvpIycWO_U9g. September 6, 2011. October 15, 2012. Agence France-Presse.
  7. Web site: Kim Rahn. 2012-04-05. ‘What Koreans are talking about, so are we‘. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210517232752/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2012/04/178_108427.html. 2021-05-17. The Korea Times. en.
  8. Web site: Tiffany Ap. 2010-07-26. The Wild, Wile Web: Ever-Elusive, chinaSMACK founder Fauna. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220218040358/https://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2010/07/26/wild-wile-web-ever-elusive-chinasmack-founder-fauna. 2022-02-18. The Beijinger. EN.
  9. Web site: Darren Wee. 2012-04-11. New Website Shows Korea's Dark Side. HuffPost UK. en.
  10. News: January 22, 2010. China's web users debate internet freedom. BBC News. October 15, 2012.
  11. News: Yale alum's gift stirs reaction in China . October 15, 2012 . January 12, 2010.
  12. Web site: Websites that are windows in China's great firewall. 2022-02-22. www.telegraph.co.uk.
  13. News: 2012-01-07. China Watch: Ai's Taxes, China Mobile's Struggles, the Tears of a Child Gymnast. en-US. Wall Street Journal. 2022-02-22. 0099-9660.
  14. News: January 18, 2011. Mr Hu goes to Washington. The Economist.
  15. Web site: chinasmack-featured-on-the-colbert-report.jpg. October 15, 2012.
  16. Web site: ThreatDown - Interdimensional Black People, Gay Strokes & Manipulative Sicko Monkeys - the Colbert Report. https://web.archive.org/web/20160222015252/http://www.cc.com/video-clips/b9m4e5/the-colbert-report-threatdown---interdimensional-black-people--gay-strokes---manipulative-sicko-monkeys. dead. February 22, 2016. May 11, 2012.

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