Guancha

Guancha.cn
Native name	观察者网
Type of site	News website
Available in	Chinese
Headquarters	Shanghai
Country of origin	China
Owner	Shanghai Guanchazhe Information Technology Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Chunqiu Development Strategy Research Institute;
Founder(s)	Eric X. Li
Editor	Jin Zhongwei
Key people	Zhang Weiwei, Zhang Wenmu
URL	www.guancha.cn
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Optional
Launched	2012
Current status	Active

Guancha.cn (Chinese: 观察者网; lit. 'Observer Net') is a Chinese news site based in Shanghai,^[1]^[2] founded by Eric X. Li, a Stanford-educated venture capitalist and a political scientist at the Fudan University.^[3] Guancha.cn has been categorized in an Amsterdam University Press study as a privately owned internet platform outside of state-controlled media^[4] and is noted for its pro-government and West-skeptical views, having been described as a nationalist website,^[5] with Agence France-Presse and The Conversation calling it ultranationalist.^[6]^[7]

^ "China wants an even more dominant state monopoly on the media". Quartz. 2021-10-11. Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
^ Langley, William; McMorrow, Ryan (2021-12-23). "Intel apologises for banning use of components from Xinjiang". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2021-12-23. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
^ "Eric Li – World Policy Conference". World Policy Conference. Archived from the original on 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
^ Lu, Yingdan; Pan, Jennifer (2022-02-01). "The Pervasive Presence of Chinese Government Content on Douyin Trending Videos". Computational Communication Research. 4 (1). Stanford University: Amsterdam University Press. doi:10.5117/CCR2022.2.002.LU. ISSN 2665-9085.
^ "When China wants to be feared". The Economist. October 2, 2021. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on 2022-07-19. Retrieved 2023-10-11. Guancha, a nationalist website, created a hashtag mocking the White House statement, inspiring social-media posts that have been read over 300m times.
^ "Communist Party emerges from shadows during Hong Kong crackdown". France 24. AFP News. 2021-07-10. Archived from the original on 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2022-11-01. In an interview published Wednesday by ultra-nationalist mainland media outlet Guancha.cn...
^ "Republicans believe Tim Walz has been 'groomed' by China. But how does China view him?". The Conversation. August 22, 2024. Archived from the original on September 18, 2024. Retrieved September 18, 2024. An ultra-nationalist outlet, Guancha.cn, contacted his former Chinese colleague from Foshan, who described Walz as "very nice" and "well-liked".

[1] "China wants an even more dominant state monopoly on the media". Quartz. 2021-10-11. Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2022-11-01.

[:0-2] Langley, William; McMorrow, Ryan (2021-12-23). "Intel apologises for banning use of components from Xinjiang". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2021-12-23. Retrieved 2021-12-23.

[3] "Eric Li – World Policy Conference". World Policy Conference. Archived from the original on 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2023-03-23.

[4] Lu, Yingdan; Pan, Jennifer (2022-02-01). "The Pervasive Presence of Chinese Government Content on Douyin Trending Videos". Computational Communication Research. 4 (1). Stanford University: Amsterdam University Press. doi:10.5117/CCR2022.2.002.LU. ISSN 2665-9085.

[5] "When China wants to be feared". The Economist. October 2, 2021. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on 2022-07-19. Retrieved 2023-10-11. Guancha, a nationalist website, created a hashtag mocking the White House statement, inspiring social-media posts that have been read over 300m times.

[6] "Communist Party emerges from shadows during Hong Kong crackdown". France 24. AFP News. 2021-07-10. Archived from the original on 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2022-11-01. In an interview published Wednesday by ultra-nationalist mainland media outlet Guancha.cn...

[7] "Republicans believe Tim Walz has been 'groomed' by China. But how does China view him?". The Conversation. August 22, 2024. Archived from the original on September 18, 2024. Retrieved September 18, 2024. An ultra-nationalist outlet, Guancha.cn, contacted his former Chinese colleague from Foshan, who described Walz as "very nice" and "well-liked".

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