Beijing Cream
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Type of site
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Blog |
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| Editor | Anthony Tao |
| Website | beijingcream.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | 2012 |
| Current status | Active |
Beijing Cream was an English-language Chinese blog based in Beijing that covered a range of formats, styles and topics. Posts tended to be Chinese and Beijing-centric, but also incorporated internet and meme culture, and included original reports, anonymously-tipped news, commentary on aggregated news, gossip, comics and videos. Beijing Cream was launched in 2012, and was maintained by Anthony Tao.
Content[edit]
Beijing Cream published 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 fell under the General category, while the others were 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]
Certain other promotional and editorial elements of the Beijing Cream style were controversial, deliberately using Maoist style tactics to win over an audience.[2]
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.[3]
The site has been inactive since January 2016.
References[edit]
- ^ "Cream of the Crop". City Weekend: Beijing. 2013-01-25.
- ^ http://www.chrisdevonshire-ellis.com/demise-beijing-cream-happened-maoist-nazi-inspired-social-website-tried-take-beijings-expats.html/
- ^ "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.
