Guancha

Guancha.cn
Native name
观察者网
Type of site
News website
Available inChinese
HeadquartersShanghai
Country of originChina
Owner
  • Shanghai Guanchazhe Information Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Shanghai Chunqiu Development Strategy Research Institute
Founder(s)Eric X. Li
EditorJin Zhongwei
Key peopleZhang Weiwei, Zhang Wenmu
URLwww.guancha.cn
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Launched2012 (2012)
Current statusActive

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