BlogCN was the first free blog hosting service provider in China.
[1] The Internet portal offers free blog space, but began to charge for value-added services, including mobile phone features, in 2005.
BlogCN simultaneously introduced a virtual coin system to purchase such services.
Her blog contained straightforward descriptions of her sexual encounters with various men, which was a first for China.
Zhiguang Hu, the founder and now director of BlogCN, was featured in an article in the August 24, 2005 issue of BusinessWeek entitled A Watchful Eye on China's Blogosphere.