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Sina weighs down Weibo with video
11 Jun 2013

Sina needs to be careful as it chooses partners to commercialise Weibo, or risk alienating users who enjoy the platform as a tool for communication
11:20AM
Alibaba chief Jack Ma confident on mobile push
30 Apr 2013

Alibaba, through a wholly owned subsidiary, agreed to invest US$586 million and take an 18 per cent stake in Weibo, the Twitter-like microblogging service with more than 503 million users. It is...
4:25AM
Sina, Jingdong Mall in new e-commerce moves
27 Mar 2013

We're seeing some interesting moves today on the dynamic e-commerce front, with new signals that Sina intends to make a serious play into the space using its popular Weibo microblogging service as...
3:50PM
Baidu's Walmart ties, Sina's e-payments
23 Mar 2013

A couple of news bits in the crowded e-commerce space indicate that a previously rumored tie-up between leading portal Sina (Nasdaq: SINA) and e-commerce leader Alibaba is officially dead, while...
2:19PM
Weibo adverts on the rise as Sina looks for revenue
15 Mar 2013

Sina, a major news portal on the mainland, launched its weibo product in August 2009. The social networking service had more than 500 million users at the end of 2012, up 74 per cent compared with...
5:41AM
Former Google China chief banned from microblogging sites
19 Feb 2013

Former Google China president Kai-Fu Lee says he was temporarily banned from posting items on two of the mainland's most popular microblogging platforms. Without saying why he was banned, Lee...
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'Tis the season to reorganize

Bottom line: The wave of reorganisations sweeping major Chinese web firms is likely to result in a period of management turmoil, resulting in less innovation on the Internet.
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Baidu becomes latest Sina Weibo suitor

Sina is unlikely to reach tie-up deals with either Alibaba or Baidu due to numerous distractions at all 3 companies, and even if a deal is reached it's likely to be a bad one.
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Communist Party is giving more power to members working in Beijing internet companies

The Communist Party (mainly through Baidu) is represented by 2,680 Party members in Beijing's many internet companies, and late last year it decided it wants to have control over a lot more -...
12:16PM
A story of hallucinatory realism: new tool gives you an uncensored Weibo, just for a while

A China-related news story made worldwide headlines last night after the Swedish Academy awarded Chinese author Mo Yan  as the winner of the Nobel Prize fo
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First thing China, August 17

Diaoyu activists to return Sunday
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DJR Digest: Some thoughts on future journalism, and some facts of China’s digital giants

If somebody say that graduates from journalism schools will be offered more opportunities in future job market, would you believe that?

Let me prove that to you, some time next month.

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