The China BeatLaunched in early 2008 and completed in 2012, The China Beat provided context and criticism on contemporary China from China scholars and journalists. The blog was based around a group of active contributors at the University of California, Irvine, including co-founders Kenneth Pomeranz and Jeffrey Wasserstrom, the blog drew on a global group of China watchers in the United States, China, the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Canada, Taiwan, and many other locations.