Our favorite China blogs:
The Lost Laowai
By Anon: Lost Laowai has been made for and is maintained by China expatriates with a deep interest in China. Sometimes we love it, sometimes we hate it -- but never does it fail to captivate us. And though we come from all corners of the world, within the often confusing and chaotic confines of China, we find ourselves dubbed "laowai" and treated as one.
The BJ Reviewer
By Chad: Moving away from home to begin a new job can be a daunting process, especially when the language and culture are unfamiliar. This blog will provide information/reviews/recommendations for restaurants, tourist sights, schools, jobs, news and events around Beijing, China.
Twitter: @TheBJReviewer
Ryan McLaughlin
By Ryan: On this blog you’ll find musings, rants, information and media about my life in China as well as a number of other things that strike my fancy. I now live in Suzhou, but started my life in China up in Dalian, a city in the north-eastern province of Liaoning.
ChinaHust
By Key: ChinaHush is created first and mostly for personal reasons, as a way to record what I have been learning about China, and to share this knowledge with those who also have an interest in China. I think the Western media does not do a good job of presenting China to the western world. Most of the posts are selected from Chinese websites, blogs and BBS sites. We translate them into English so that friends who cannot read Chinese can also enjoy the content.
Twitter: @chinahush
BirdAbroad
By Bird: I am a 25 26 27 year old American and live with my boyfriend fiancé husband, RP, in Kunming, China, where I work at an international public health organization. I am also a Certified Labor Doula (Childbirth International) and am collecting an increasing amount of information on natural and medicalized birth in China, much of which is thanks to people I find out about through the internet. So get in touch!
Bikedan in Asia
By Dan: I am a Deaflympian and living in Asia. This website is focused on bringing you my cycling adventures and tips for you to improve your own cycling.
The Thirsty Pig
By Jimmy: Welcome to my journal of what I eat and drink. Known as The Thirsty Pig, also known as 饥渴的猪/飢渴的豬. This is about the food & drink adventures & experiences of a simple man. Just pictures & short musings from the life & times from Los Angeles to Shanghai.
Mad About Shanghai
By David: All about moving to, living in, and doing business in Shanghai.
The Shanghai Foodist
By Anon: While I’ll be eating and writing, this blog will ultimately serve more or less as an anthropological compilation of Shànghǎi’s food culture. Besides finding out what people eat – which you will be able to follow through my posts and photos about dishes – I really want to know how people eat in the Pearl of the Orient. What is the cultural significance of food here? After all, it was Confucius who once said, “The way you cut your meat reflects the way you live.”
JG, Over the Sea.
By JG: I'm JG. I'm 20-something years old and living in Chi.na as a PhD student - getting paid by the Chi.nese government to attend class. And I have no idea how this became my life - but I'm goin' with it. I want to share my story with you because I think it's awesome.
Hong Kong Housewife
By Natasha: The last thing I ever thought I’d be doing is starting a blog about being a housewife, much less one set in Hong Kong, but as it turns out that’s just what’s going to keep me busy for at least the next couple of months. The Mr’s company offered him an opportunity he couldn’t resist and so here we are. To be honest, starting a blog kind of makes me want to throw up, not because I don’t like reading blogs but because I feel like it’s so two years ago, but even if no one reads this I’m sure the discipline of writing daily will improve my writing. Plus, it’s easier than keeping a journal.
Twitter: @NatashaMLawler
Life on Nanchang Lu
By Fiona: Here you'll find incredible food, fascinating streets, and intriguing people. See a slice of daily life in Shanghai in all its glorious colour!
A Totally Impractical Guide to Living in Shanghai
By Mary: Mary Anne Oxendale is on a life-long quest to keep scaring herself silly with new and improbable living arrangements. She is currently based in Shanghai, where she teaches at a university (for money), takes tons of photographs (for pleasure) and writes (for sanity). She maintains a long-running blog to remind her of where she has been, because after fifteen years of traveling it gets hard to remember sometimes.
The Middle Kingdom
By Matt and Kara: Matt and Kara Banker live and work in Beijing. Matt is an artist, musician, and coffee consultant. He is also the youth director at an international church in Beijing. Kara is a freelance writer and editor. She is also a geek. Lately, in her free time, she has embraced her desire for continuing education by listening to podcasts, brushing up on chemistry and astronomy, reading epic novels, and studying to become a pilot.
Expatriate Games
By Michael: An American photographer experiencing Mid-Life in The Middle Kingdom.
Shanghai Shangrila
By Tiffany: Shanghai Shangrila is an ongoing story about the decision to leave our lives in Los Angeles for something much different: Shanghai, China. We hope to use this platform to talk about the process of making the move and the overall experience of living in China. The idea is that we might make it easier for people to travel here by passing along helpful information. We hope you enjoy our story as much as we enjoy living it!
Land of No Cheese
By Emilie: In pictures: quirky and curious Hong Kong.
Shanghai Novice
By Sasha: Shanghai Novice is a website dedicated to all you newbies in Shanghai and all of you who just can’t bring yourself to leave! It provides informative articles on the things you want to know from dealing with culture shock, to finding accommodation and learning Mandarin online for free. It also serves as a hub for young people in Shanghai to connect with other like minded, fun people. Stay tuned for events, competitions and a constantly updated blog about novice life in Shanghai as well as all the fun, quirky, strange and amazing things this city has to offer.
Seeing Red in China
By Tom: It is my hope that this blog will not only help you learn something new about life in China, but that it will you to think about China in new terms.
Writer. Traveler. Tea Drinker.
By Becky: My name is Becky Ances and I am a writer, traveler, and tea drinker. I am a former magazine editor, current book author and teacher living in China. I spent 10 idyllic years in a small New Hampshire town until the call of the road was too loud to ignore. I worked 2 jobs (80 hours a week) for a year to save up enough money to get out of the country for awhile. It was hard, but worth it. We chose to teach English in China and ever since our first day I wake up excited for the day ahead of me and I go to sleep with a big smile on my face. It has been a long time since I’ve been like that.
East-West-Connect
By Nanjing Marketing Group: East West Connect was originally the personal blog of Tait Lawton, a Chinese-English translator and online marketer focused on the Chinese market. It has now evolved into the company blog for employees of Nanjing Marketing Group. We post about Chinese localization, Chinese Internet culture and marketing.
An Asian in Asia
By Justin: I’m a 19-year-old full-time college student studying at Rice University in Houston, Texas. I’m currently studying abroad at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST; 香港科技大學) in Hong Kong. This blog is a way for me to share and talk about my experiences.
PRC and Me
By Matthew: Have been in China for 5 years (Beijing, Qingdao, Shenzhen). Am American. Work in the biotechnology industry.




