HW 11: Making Global Voices Heard

I chose to explore Isaac Mao’s blog, www.isaacmao.com/meta/. MacKinnon says that “Mao is probably the best known Chinese blogger outside of China because he blogs both in Chinese and in English” (Kline 328). After briefly viewing the site, I found out that this is still accurate. His writings are in English, but all around the website there are Chinese symbols with the English words. For instance, there is a link that says ‘EXIT’, and next to that it has the word ‘exit’ in Chinese. Also, it appears that Meta is the company sponsoring the website. This is possibly one of the three companies that run the blog hosting services in China.
The website is very basic. A white background and blue headings make up the site. The only pictures on it are the ones Mao took when he was visiting Borat in Kazakhstan. He posted them on one of his blogs. The style of writing is at a high level. He incorporates some words that, I’ll admit, I’ve never heard of. He seems to be a very educated individual. He writes about Wikimania, Gmail, and other websites. He also throws in the occasional personal blog, like his trip to Kazakhstan.
Of course, many will probably disagree with the assertion that all Mao’s blogs are about websites. They will say that on other pages, He talkes about family, friends, and business. In response, I briefly glanced over the site and didn’t read all of his thousands of posts. Sorry nay sayers.