Blogosphere a new spiritual home for urban youths (chinanews) Updated: 2005-03-04 15:47 Quietly, from office to
office, community to community, and by word of mouth, blogging has spread to
China's urban youth.
 Chinese mainland
Internet veteran Fang Xingdong [baidu] | Nowadays,
it is not uncommon to hear young city-dwellers greet each other with the
questions: Are you a Blogger? and What did you Blog today?
The blogosphere is a new spiritual home for urban youth. It is a private
teahouse where they can chat with and learn from their peers.
In December of 2002, Blog made its low-key enterance into China.
According to conservative estimates, the number of bloggers in China exceeded
1 million by the end of 2004.
Blogging has become a rapidly spreading underground fad. Even some fast
deteriorating Bulletin Board System (BBS) have hastily added simple Blog
functions.
Bloggers can decide what content is public and what remains private through a
simple setting, permitting open communication with friends and the security to
keep a personal diary.
According to Wang Junxiu, President of Blog China, Blogs are the combination
of a public BBS and a private website.
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