China Digital Times - the most-viewed China news website, a project of UC Berkeley’s China Internet Project run by human rights activist and MacArthur “Genius Award” winner Xiao Qiang in conjunction with students and alumni of the journalism schoo.
EastSouthWestNorth – no frills blog by a former translator and news junkie based in Hong Kong, an indispensable source of translated items from the Chinese press.
Danwei – foremost online resource for tracking media and popular culture in China.
China Dialogue – fully bi-lingual environmental news and commentary site that produces impressive original anaylsis, founded by master of China reportage Isabel Hilton; the first stop for all things environmental in China.
China Media Project – website run out of the University of Hong Kong’s respected Journalism and Media Center and that tracks news and trends related to journalism and press freedom in China. Offers a handy almanac of weekly media related news. Contributors include many of the top Chinese media experts and journalists.
Financial Times news feed on China.