chinaSMACKReviews 2

It's a great concept but it's not a good source if you really want to see what China is. ChinaSMACK is a site based in Shanghai that provides raw, unfiltered stories fresh from China. The stories are professionally translated, and they include some unfiltered comments from the Chinese themselves (also translated).

While it's a great idea, unfortunately, chinaSMACK has a tendency predominantly to report negative stories that occur in China. For this reason, the site and English comment section (not the translated Chinese comments) tends to attract many people who hate China. The site says the reason for providing negative news most of the time is because those stories tend to be more popular (which is true for most of the world). So while chinaSMACK provides good reads, they should not be taken as what the average day in China is (anymore than anime represents the everyday life in Japan).