What Chinese bloggers blog – examining the top 100 weblogs in China

This study tries to answer the question–what kinds of blogs are being read most and its content and implication—by means of analysis of Chinese-language content from China. The top 100 weblogs would give us an overview of China blogosphere. Additionally, there are substantial differences from English-language blogs under the dissimilar social, economic, and political system, which shapes the blogosphere. It is necessary to see if the political implications influence blogs and how it works on the blogs, especially the most popular ones. Furthermore, the influences of economic booms in China are worthwhile examining. How do they work on blogs? The blog topics will be examined by two data mining methods. First, on each topic category, we will extract noun phrases indicating topics that are discussed. Second, the social network analysis will be conducted to identify the salient topics or themes in reflected in blogosphere of China.