Gleanings Of The 2012 Beijing Auto Show: Car Blogging With Chinese Characteristics

When it comes to car blogging, China has long bypassed the rest of the world.  Even much larger sites than TTAC look like midgets compared to the Chinese giants. Nothing shows that more drastically than the Beijing Auto Show. TTAC and the Detroit Bureau may be some of the few American blogs that sent in-the-flesh reporters to Beijing. Chinese blogs dispatch them by the truckload. An outdoor section of the Beijing Auto Show is dubbed "Blogger's Alley."  Here, major Chinese car blogs  such as auto.sohu.com have their own multi-story buildings. Newsrooms of the blogs have been transplanted to the show. Newsmaking is powered by instant coffee and carbonated drinks. At least that one we all have in common from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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