International Law

"The Nine Best China Business Blogs." I Don't Think So.

By Dan

I received a couple congratulatory emails today on China Law Blog's showing up first on a just published list of "The Nine Best China Business Blogs," by Susie Gordon at eChinaCities.  I was, of course, initially quite pleased to hear the news and I rushed over to the site to see the other eight. I was mostly curious to see the other eight because I was not aware of their being even nine good China business blogs out there.  

The list turned out to be somewhat of a disappointment. It listed out nine blogs, but many of those blogs have been, to put it mildly, pretty quiescent, some for a very long time in blog years. My list would have been much shorter. Here's the list with my comments:

1. China Law Blog. What can I say but thanks?
2. Larry Salibra. What can I say but that this blog has not had a post since February?
3. China Hearsay. Stan Abrams' blog. I emphatically agree.
4. China Solved. Andrew Hupert's blog. I completely agree.
5. China in Depth. I disagree. First off, this is not a blog. Second, though it looks incredibly slick, it seems all of its good information requires payment.
6. Path to China. I disagree. This "blog" every few months regurgitates a Chinese law in English. Everyone just move along.
7. Cleaner Greener China. Maybe.  This is a legitimate blog, but it has had just one posting since June. Why not Chinadialogue instead?
8. Managing the Dragon.  Jack Perkowski's blog. Absolutely.
9. The China Observer.  Joel Backaler's blog. Certainly.

What do you think of the above list?  What does not belong and what is missing? 

Full post as published by China Law Blog on August 20, 2010 (boomark / email).