Bullog.cn () was a
Chinese-language blogging website, created by Chinese
internet celebrity
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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
cyberspace
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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
sina.com,
sohu.com. The Chinese name, 牛博网 (simplified), 牛博網 (traditional), which literally means "Bull Blog Net", appears to be a
word play
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on the word "
Blog
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", since Bull means ''strong'' and ''excellent'' in
colloquial
Colloquialism (also called ''colloquial language'', ''colloquial speech'', ''everyday language'', or ''general parlance'') is the linguistic style used for casual and informal communication. It is the most common form of speech in conversation amo ...
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
17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
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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
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that it hosted "harmful comments on current affairs".
A successor site, bullogger.com, is now hosted overseas.
Notable bloggers
*
Fang Zhouzi
*
Han Han
Han Han (; born September 23, 1982) is a Chinese author, rally driver, singer and filmmaker. He is also the creator of print magazine ''Party'' and online magazine ''One''. In May 2010, Han was named to the ''Time'' 100 list. In September 201 ...
*
Li Yinhe
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Steven N. S. Cheung
*
Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei ( ; , IPA: ; born 28 August 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been ...
*
Xu Lai
References
External links
Bullog.cn(Original official website, closed)
* (International successor site)
The shanzhai Bulloga RSS of some bulloggers when the main site is down
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bullog.Cn
Chinese news websites