Beijing Cream
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Type of site | Blog |
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| Editor | Anthony Tao |
| Website | beijingcream.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | 2012 |
| Current status | Active |
Beijing Cream is an English-language Chinese blog based in Beijing that covers a range of formats, styles and topics. Posts tend to be Chinese and Beijing-centric, but also incorporate internet and meme culture, and include original reports, anonymously-tipped news, commentary on aggregated news, gossip, comics and videos. Beijing Cream was launched in 2012, and is maintained by Anthony Tao.
Content
Beijing Cream publishes several posts daily across different categories. Categories include General, Beiwatch, 5000 years, Wok of Art, One Dream, The East is Read, and Creme de la Creme. Most daily posts fall under the General category, while the others are specifically tailored towards topics like culture, visual arts, original comic strips, Chinese netizens, corrupt politicians, sports, and all things Beijing.
Although Tao originally meant for the blog to serve Beijing and the Beijing expat community, he has since branched out to cover stories throughout mainland China. Beijing Cream also highly encourages contributions and anonymous tips for anyone interested in order to foster a strong alternative discourse in Beijing where, Tao says, "people going to bars...are the ones passing around these stories.”[1]
The media and gossip blog Gawker, which Beijing Cream shares many affinities with content-wise, once reported on Beijing Cream's report of a massive raw egg spillage due to an accident in the Zhengzhou, Henan province of China.[2]
References
- ↑ "Cream of the Crop". City Weekend: Beijing. 2013-01-25.
- ↑ "Wagon Spills 770 Pounds of Eggs Onto Chinese Street as Townspeople Scramble to Pick Up the Pieces". Gawker.com. 2012-09-02. Archived from the original on 2014-06-27.