Comments on: An Update On Beijing Cream

By: [CRAZY PERSON/TROLL] Cuntasaurus Rex

[CRAZY PERSON/TROLL] Cuntasaurus Rex — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 06:34:52 +0000

You are a bunch of expat slating cunts who produce slander in return for web views. I hope you fuck off and shut down for good.

By: john

john — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 09:15:33 +0000

Interesting. I think tha maybe you guys have spread yourself too thin in your coverage. Your in depth analysis of certain issues carries strong weight in informing people who dont have VPN’s and is a good tool of media access for contemporary chinese issues, society, and politics. Thanks again.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 17:30:31 +0000

We miss you Tao

By: WTO

WTO — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 01:29:57 +0000

I’ve always enjoyed your website. I find myself always coming here no matter what the other sites might have on their front page.

By: Chinese Netizen

Chinese Netizen — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 01:25:51 +0000

Please, more posts on wacky, fun loving expats doing such off the wall, insane things as getting drunk and riding the Beijing subway on Halloween!
Hee f-ing lar ee us!

By: Helena

Helena — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 00:00:38 +0000

well you have been missed! “we’ve decided that the landscape of the English-language “Chinese” Internet has become both wearily homogenized and sufficiently pluralistic for us to take a step sideways” but you did it so well!! :)looking forward to regular posts (of some kind) soon

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:17:09 +0000

Good luck with your transition! I always loved your Beijing-specific posts (otherwise, ug, I’d be reading Shanghaiist), poetry included. While I’ve trimmed other blogs from my feedly, Beijing Cream has always remained since you guys offered something unique. Keep up the music posts too!

By: Owain Lloyd-Williams

Owain Lloyd-Williams — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:03:57 +0000

Thanks for the update – I was indeed getting ponderous. Still, keep at at. I keep tabs on as many China news aggregator/commentary sites as the “China” folder on my bookmarks allows me contain before blocking my entire screen with the drop down after it’s clicked, and Beijing Cream, with its fine cocktail of aforementioned biting satire, arts coverage (poetry nights firmly included) and penchant for lyrical prose in its articles, strikes a fine balance for me. Objectively of course, as I used to work for one of these China news sites and came across my fair share of tripe.

By: Jonathan Alpart

Jonathan Alpart — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 07:16:14 +0000

BJC is at its best with the kind of in-depth columns as provided by Beige Wind and the occasional contributor, and the fearless, biting satire taking down Beijing personalities and institutions. There may now be “more sites than ever,” but that’s just called competition. I visit BJC because it is, or was, the best. The news updates and blurbs (the majority of the blog’s content) are always important, succinct and pointed.

IMHO, the things bringing BJC down are:

1) The unregulated comment system. You don’t need to moderate (because, let’s face it, the trolls are both the best and worst part of this blog) but for the love of Satan please at least implement a comment voting system so users can decide whether or not someone slamming LCG again is worth reading or not.

2) Stretching yourself too thin with lame content. I can’t be the only one here who doesn’t give a rat’s ass about laowai poetry nights and the like. Instead of spending so much of your time promoting the events around town that you (Tao) personally enjoy, instead investigate what your readers may enjoy and focus on those.