MOBINODE: Chinese Equivalent of TechCrunch? Not Yet
Jimmy
· 1 year ago
hehe, very interesting! beside the broadcast and bridge argument, i think China has its own IT info-front, e.g. mydrivers, cnBeta. well, you may argue that mydrivers is not a blog, and cnBeta is only a semi-blog at most. But to be honest, who cares if it's a blog or not?
Anyway, Mobinode is nice indeed, and it would be much attractive if updates more often.
Gang Lu
· 1 year ago
Hey Jimmy,
Thank you for your comments.
I am reading cnBeta and many other Chinese IT info-front regularly too, they are very good resource but only for Chinese.
Stories pile up, surely I will try to update more often, and I am always looking for bloggers who can join me.
best,
- Lu
Richard Chang
· 1 year ago
Yeah, an interesting observation is that, while China already have sites like techweb/donews/cnbeta that supply IT news from all over the world in Chinese, there are not as many English sites/blogs that can do the same for China-related IT news.
Mobinode is a good example and I hope we'll see more in the future.
Kevin
· 1 year ago
Hi Gang Lu -- I think you're right about "bridging" -- if your readers are English speakers, you need to cater to what interests them.
But I also think you should include the major stories about domestic Chinese issues. For example, many Westerners don't understand the Chinese BBS phenomenon, but that doesn't mean they don't want to know. I think a lot of Westerners would care if they understood why it is important...
Gang Lu
· 1 year ago
Hey Kevin,
Thank you for your suggestion.
Yes. I agree with you. Chinese actually understand the western market much better than they understand ours. We need more channels to help on the communications. They want to know more about China, but sometime we just dont talk and when we talk, they cannot hear and understand.
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beside the broadcast and bridge argument, i think China has its own IT info-front, e.g. mydrivers, cnBeta.
well, you may argue that mydrivers is not a blog, and cnBeta is only a semi-blog at most. But to be honest, who cares if it's a blog or not?
Anyway, Mobinode is nice indeed, and it would be much attractive if updates more often.
Thank you for your comments.
I am reading cnBeta and many other Chinese IT info-front regularly too, they are very good resource but only for Chinese.
Stories pile up, surely I will try to update more often, and I am always looking for bloggers who can join me.
best,
- Lu
Mobinode is a good example and I hope we'll see more in the future.
I think you're right about "bridging" -- if your readers are English speakers, you need to cater to what interests them.
But I also think you should include the major stories about domestic Chinese issues. For example, many Westerners don't understand the Chinese BBS phenomenon, but that doesn't mean they don't want to know. I think a lot of Westerners would care if they understood why it is important...
Thank you for your suggestion.
Yes. I agree with you. Chinese actually understand the western market much better than they understand ours. We need more channels to help on the communications. They want to know more about China, but sometime we just dont talk and when we talk, they cannot hear and understand.
best,