EastSouthWestNorth Blog

One of the most important online resources for those interested in contemporary China is Roland Soong's blog EastSouthWestNorth. Rebecca MacKinnon provides some background on Soong and his work here. I first learned of the live Chinese coverage and simultaneous translation and censorship of President Obama's inauguration speech when listening to NPR's Morning Edition on my alarm clock this morning. Soong translates a post from a Chinese blogger and includes the original Chinese TV footage of the incident. Other Chinese media outlets have been able to retain their coverage of the original wording.