did mainland china get a chance for the personal website stuff? i feel like I've seen a boatload of japanese/SEA blogs and websites in my years but never chinese. maybe they all skipped that phase and went straight to the social media megacorps over there and its all behind a walled garden
No, personal web in China almost doesn’t exist anymore because you need a ICP filing [0] to legally operate a website (even for a blog). It’s simply too much trouble for most people.