Comments on: Blogging The Bloggers: King Tubby’s Inaugural Column About The China Blogosphere

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 02:34:59 +0000

Aw, I emailed Ben Ross almost five years ago when I was writing my undergraduate thesis and stumbled upon his blog to ask him some questions and he was super nice! ~ADDING HIM TO RSS READER~

By: KopyKatKiller

KopyKatKiller — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 03:26:47 +0000

PS: If any readers think they can do better than the King, you can sign-up and do so at http://www.sinolicious.com . If you suck, we’ll say so, but we aren’t nearly as picky as most of the random shit disturbers English Chinese blog sites tend to attract…

By: KopyKatKiller

KopyKatKiller — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 03:20:07 +0000

Wow! Quite the thread created here! I’m glad Mr. Tubby King has become a new focal point for abuse. While BJ C has been quite good for me, other sites CSmack, ChenduL, and even SinoLicious or KalanStar.com [my own sites] have at times become lets attack KopyKat-KalanStar shit-slinging festivals. I’m glad the heat is off me =0D

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 02:40:47 +0000

With everyone reading the same stuff these days on Weibo, Twitter, Reddit etc. it’s very hard to get original content, and/or avoid covering the same news as everyone else. I still like both BJ Cream and Shanghaiist for the opinions and writing of their respective editors though. Anthony Tao and James Griffiths keep up the good work I say, and ignore the rantings of the rabble in the comments.

By: Japanese sufing chick fetish

Japanese sufing chick fetish — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 01:28:07 +0000

Oh I see, you just care about the sport! No worries mate, we can all understand!

By: King Tubby

King Tubby — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:37:30 +0000

24 photos of female subjects, half of which are distance shots where gender appears indeterminate.

38 other images which incl. surf art and photography, big wave location maps, wave report sites like magicseaweed, etc.

Thrown in the links from surfing photography competitions and you have another 100 plus images totally unrelated to bodies.

Furthermore, “those Japanese women in bikinis surfing” (plus Taiwanese and Mainland women) are taken from latest Professional Surfer rankings, and they are earning a living in a highly competitive industry, competing against the best from Peru, Brazil and elsewhere.

What’s your real issue?

By: Kedafu

Kedafu — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:42:26 +0000

Dear King Tubby,

I hear you Komrade,

Am still here, and so is…..

Song of the Article

Two Steps From Hell Vol 1
-Freedom Fighters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtlLyLUrrIg&feature=youtu.be

you still owe me 五毛 from the 党

catch you on the bounce

-Kedafu

By: Rumours

Rumours — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:14:50 +0000

Mr. Tao, you may or may not be aware of a rumour traveling among the Sinosphere that Kenneth Tan is YOU – in other words, Anthony Tao is just an alias for Kenneth Tan of Shanghaiist. As the rumour goes: in anticipation of Tan’s imminent shyte-canning (as a result of running Shanghaiist into the ground), Tan (aka Tao) started BeijingCream as his/your next venture, during which you will shyte-talk and siphon traffic away from your soon-to-be former employer so that you have a platform all set up once you become a free agent again. Now, considering how many Shanghaiist posts as of late are near-exact duplicates of BeijingCream, this seems like a very plausible rumour. Either way, nice work on the re-design Anthony, er., Kenneth, er, Cao Cao, er…

By: Gay Chevara

Gay Chevara — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:10:32 +0000

Very!

By: Japanese sufing chick fetish

Japanese sufing chick fetish — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:38:01 +0000

King Tubby’s idea of a blog seems to be uploading photos of Japanese women in bikinis surfing.

So maybe the visuals will get better on Beijing Cream even as the writing descends into smug wanking mundanity, which will happen if they give King Tubby any slack.

http://kingtubby1.wordpress.com/category/surfing-culture/

By: Ander

Ander — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:37:21 +0000

Tough crowd~

By: King Baeksu

King Baeksu — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:36:00 +0000

Hmm, do politically correct translations of Chinese news items count as “scoops”? Let’s not lose perspective here, m’kay?

As for actual writing, I dare say ChinaSlack could learn a thing or two from the curdled General and the portly King.

Keep on smackin’, y’all.

By: Gay Chevara

Gay Chevara — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:29:29 +0000

Get off your knees and stop flirting with me!

By: Anthony Tao

Anthony Tao — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:15:00 +0000

How was this an attack? I was replying to a comment that accused us of “literally” copping your content. The props is given in earnest.

By: James Griffiths

James Griffiths — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:00:58 +0000

This is the second time I’ve come across you attacking Shanghaiist in this way Anthony (the first was on Reddit), did we offend you in some way? You seem to have it in for us while we only have good things to say about BC.