Where to get local China news, in China

March 8, 2009 9:05 AM

I like keeping up with the local news and issues where ever I live. It's not been a problem in the US, Europe or A/NZ. Now that I'm close to moving to China after 18 months of business travel in the country, I'm looking for good local news sources and how best to view them.

It's almost certain I'll be based in Shanghai. I'd like to learn and understand more about the dynamics of the city and what might be happening in the city that a proud Shanghaiese would care about.

I'm familiar with the local English language 'newspapers' and there's some info there, but with a fairly obvious slant. I don't want expat or business traveller news. Extra points for independent sources for Shanghai metro and China national news available in English or German.

posted by michswiss to Society & Culture (3 answers total)

Visited the city all of once in more than a decade living in China so sure locals will know better, but am led to believe Shanghaiist is one of the more popular of the city's blogs for ex-pat news and views.
posted by Abiezer at 10:07 AM on March 8, 2009

I'm a big fan of Danwei; they translate (or link to translated) Chinese media on a variety of topics. Informative, sometimes weird, news from all over China. And I also have google news alerts set up for a number of cities/topics relevant to what I want to know about China. That's a firehose of information, for sure, but I get a lot that I'd miss otherwise.
posted by msbrauer at 6:27 PM on March 8, 2009

Response by poster: Thanks for the links guys. I'll bookmark both and add them to my regular reading list.
posted by michswiss at 5:14 PM on March 9, 2009