Saturday, 28 July 2007

A Chinese Blog


Part of the attraction of writing a blog is to read the comments written by people who read it. There aren't so many comments on this EuropaWorld blog. Maybe not many people read it, or if they do read it, find something of note to comment about. Twenty or thirty comments is usually reckoned to be an excellent harvest for a personal blog, most people's blogs excite far fewer.

We are obviously playing in a minor and forgotten league, for China's top blogger, Xu Jinglei, apparently averages more than 1000 comments regularly on her blogs. Less than this figure suggests that she is having an off day. And she spends, apparently and according to The (London) Times that reported the story only 20 minutes each day on the keys of her laptop composing the blog.

Although Xu Jinglei is an actress and a film director with an international reputation it is her postings about everyday life her public really enjoy. She writes almost everyday, updating her accounts two or three times a day if necessary.

Figuring prominently on the blog are her cats whose names translate as Scarf and Apron. No blog, it seems, can be considered complete withouit its usual complement of furry animals.

See http://blog.sina.com.cn/xujinglei but as might be expected, it is in Chinese.

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