The sections are organized in alphabetical order throughout: We have divided the list into ten sub-sections, indicating, roughly, what they tweet about more than other people on the list, or why you should follow them. Think of it as a selection of Twitter users that we think, when taken together, gives a balanced and smart view of many different facets of China and the world today.
The list is not meant to be comprehensive, but it is meant to be high-quality. This top-100-plus list is limited to only English-language tweeters, though a quick guide to Chinese-language Twitter can be found at the bottom of this article.
SupChina’s guide to the best of China Twitter in English. We’ve also re-arranged the list by theme, rather than follower count, which is not a good measure of anything.ĭo let us know what you think - write to. Most of them were already on our shortlist before we published, so we’re delighted to have them on our updated list. So we asked for suggestions of Twitter users to add to our list.Ī bunch of new names are now on the list. We hear our critics, and want to present a greater variety of world views, even out the gender balance, and where possible add voices from cultural, sexual, and ethnic minorities. The one criticism that stung - because it was true - is that we had failed to represent the diversity of voices on the platform. Naturally, we were immediately lambasted on Twitter, for a variety of sins. We first published our Twitter 100 list in May.