chinaSMACK
| Web address | www |
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Type of site
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blog |
| Available in | English |
| Launched | 2008 |
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Alexa rank
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18,529 |
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.[citation needed]
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][not in citation given][9]
References
- ↑ http://whois.domaintools.com/chinasmack.com
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