When Consumer Power Turns Nasty - China

In a recent post, I noted that Dell was having a hard time online due to the work of Chinese netizens calling for fair (and respectful) treatment. It was a sign that Chinese consumers, empowered by the web, could make a big noise and have an impact.

Another case that has grabbed headlines recently is that of the “China Bounder”, author of the infamous (now closed) “Sex in Shanghai” blog (see background on the EastSouthWestNorth blog). An online campaign to find the disrespectful foreign writer, and bring him to some sort of (poetic?) justice, fast became a rather worrying manhunt.