So, Who's reading?

So, Who's reading?

According to ACB's Monthly stats the top five countries by readership are:

1) United States
2)  China
3)  Japan
4)  Korea
5) United Kingdom

It comes as no surprise that the number one slot that is filled by the US. After all, it has a big population, is predominantly English speaking with lots of blog readers. It also comes as no surprise that the number two slot is filled by China. It has a domestic population who are (for some curious reason) interested in China, plus a big population of English speaking ex-pats. It's also not at all surprising that Japan is in the top five either. After all, this blog has covered a lot of controversial Sino-Japanese issues in the past, and speaks to the heart of what many Japanese feel. What is surprising, however, is that Korea takes the number four slot; who knew Koreans would be interested in reading an English language China blog. The fact that England is in the number five slot is also surprising. England isn't especially big or noted for its attention to blogs, it's also not particularly noted for sharing any of the kind of opinions that are voiced on ACB either. Maybe they're just reading because they like that ACB doesn't pull any punches when it comes to American involvement in global affairs?

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