Aricsqueen. He’s from America, but living in China. He video blogs a “Shanghai Diary.” His mission is to give an alternative and honest view on China. The news and views typically take a critical position on China; stories include how an American got jailed in China for, a watchdog piece on pre-Olympic changes, and a preview of five Chinese rock bands.
The citizen journalist format is interesting , but in this case, sometimes the white American dude point of view has its limits.
I’m late to the show, and Aric’s currently on a break from Shanghai/China.
Luckily, it’s still all online and hosted by Current TV: See episodes from the series here.
(Thank you Parisa from CurrentTV for sending this over, and Micah for correcting me on some details!)
The series is hosted on CurrentTV. Also, Aric sort of “needed a break” and left Shanghai+China for three months.
Oops. My bad, forgot to mention the CurrentTV bit.
Is his break only temporary? It sounded longer than 3 months (but I have to admit I wasn’t paying 100% attention)
Things may have changed, but I think that’s what I read in his last column for City Weekend. He was an… interesting guy.
Maybe the 1st World Mind Sports Games in Beijing can be of interest to you and your blog.
Amercian who living in China seems to have a better life than those chinese who live in US. lol
Appreciate the plug.
Left China right before the Games (anyone that watched the program can see why) and 3 weeks later the local police showed up at the office of the magazine I wrote for looking for me saying I was ‘wanted for questioning in conjunction with Tibetan Support’ - obviously all tied in with this show. They also forced my landlord to open up my place and had a look around.
Shanghai was an…interesting place.
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