Bullog.cn (

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: 牛博网) was a

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blogging website, created by Chinese

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Luo Yonghao. Before it was shut down, it was considered to be one of the most liberal blog portals in Chinese

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History

Bullog.cn was founded by Luo Yonghao in 2006, because of his dissatisfaction with the censorship of the major blog portals like

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. The Chinese name, 牛博网 (simplified), 牛博網 (traditional), which literally means "Bull Blog Net", appears to be a

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", since Bull means ''strong'' and ''excellent'' in

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Chinese. Bullog.cn started by inviting bloggers whom Luo Yonghao personally liked, who turned out to have a strong preference for liberal and scientific points of view. Both were controversial stances in China, and both caused troubles inside and outside the website. On October 19, 2007, Bullog.cn was shut down, supposedly due to the

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. It was re-opened in April 2008. Luo started an international version of the website, bullogger.com, during that period. In May 2008, after the Wenchuan earthquake, Luo started a fund raising campaign in Bullog.cn, and delivered the donations to the refugees with the Bullog team and other volunteers. On January 9, 2009, Bullog.cn was shut down again, reportedly due to claims by the Chinese Government that it hosted "harmful comments on current affairs". A successor site, bullogger.com, is now hosted overseas.

Notable bloggers

Fang Zhouzi Fang Shimin (), better known by his pen name Fang Zhouzi (; born 28 September 1967), is a Chinese popular science writer who is primarily known for his campaign against pseudoscience and fraud in China. President and co-director of ''New Th ...

* Han Han *

Li Yinhe Li Yinhe (; née Li Sanfan; born February 4, 1952) is a Chinese sociologist, sexologist, and activist for LGBT rights in China. Her main academic interests have been sexual norms in contemporary China, homosexuality, diverse sexual behaviors ...

Steven N. S. Cheung Steven Ng-Sheong Cheung ( born December 1, 1935) is a Hong Kong-born American economist who specializes in the fields of transaction costs and property rights, following the approach of new institutional economics. He achieved his public fame wi ...

* Ai Weiwei * Xu Lai

References

External links

Bullog.cn
(Original official website, closed)
bullogger.com
(International successor site)
The shanzhai Bullog
a RSS of some bulloggers when the main site is down {{DEFAULTSORT:Bullog.Cn Chinese news websites