Long time readers will remember that Imagethief started a blog for CNET on the China technology scene called "Little Red Blog" back in 2006, and ran it for about a year. My archived posts can be found under the "CNET Asia" tag in my tag cloud, at right. When I ran short of time I handed the blog over to the excellent Rick Martin, who improved it and generally did me proud as a replacement for a year and a half. Rick is moving to Japan, where he will continue to blog for CNET under the "Tokyo Shift" label. That's not live yet, but will be on the 28th of November.

Meanwhile, Suzhou-based Ryan McLaughlin will take over CNET's China Tech portfolio. Ryan is a familiar voice from China's english-language blogging scene thanks to The Adventures of the Humanaught and The Hao Hao Report among others. Ryan is dumping the somewhat shopworn "Little Red Blog" label (no offense taken) and has renamed the blog The Tech Dynasty. New title notwithstanding, however, I think the blog remains in good hands. Welcome aboard, Ryan.