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Bullog.cn

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bullog.cn (牛博网)
Type of site
blogging website
Available inChinese
Founder(s)Luo Yonghao
URLhttp://www.bullog.cn

Bullog.cn (Chinese: 牛博网) was a Chinese-language blogging website, created by Chinese internet celebrity Luo Yonghao. Before it was shut down, it was considered to be one of the most liberal blog portals in Chinese cyberspace.[1]

History

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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.[2] The Chinese name, 牛博网 (simplified), 牛博網 (traditional), which literally means "Bull Blog Net", appears to be a word play on the word "Blog", since Bull means strong and excellent in colloquial 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.[citation needed]

On October 19, 2007, Bullog.cn was shut down, supposedly due to the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. It was re-opened in April 2008. Luo started an international version of the website, bullogger.com, during that period.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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".[3] A successor site, bullogger.com, is now hosted overseas.[4]

Notable bloggers

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References

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  1. ^ Liberal Blog Site Shutdown by Chinese Authorities Archived May 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Boxun News, January 9, 2009.
  2. ^ Luo Yonghao's blog
  3. ^ "Edgy China blog site shut amid Internet porn sweep". Associated Press. 9 Jan 2009. Archived from the original on January 22, 2009.
  4. ^ "Chinese blogger stabbed after public reading". Associated Press. 2009-02-16.
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