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Weibo

Weibo, which means micro blog in Chinese, is a Chinese Twitter-like online networking tool. Hundreds of millions of netizens across China use Weibo as a platform to exchange information and voice opinions on social issues in a nation under strict news censorship. Sina Weibo is currently the largest social networking website in China with 368 million registered users as of June 2012.

'He's not cool,' Chinese magazine editorial slams Xi Jinping for lacking 'wisdom and courage'

31 May 2013

A Beijing-based business magazine raised eyebrows this week by running a full-page editorial urging the country’s leaders to pursue further political reforms to ensure future economic prosperity...

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'Homework uncle' Lin Dongping uses Weibo to help pupils dig up answers

26 May 2013

Lin Dongping, a 25-year-old IT programmer in Fujian's provincial capital, Fuzhou, uses his Weibo microblog to help high school pupils with their homework. Lin, who calls himself "homework uncle",...

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Tap social media to connect better with mainlanders

1 May 2013

The past few years have seen increasing conflicts between people in Hong Kong and those from the mainland. The rule to limit sales of baby formula, for example, not only drew criticism from the...

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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...

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Oo la la! Hollande's 'French fly' mocked in China

26 Apr 2013

When François Hollande arrived in Beijing on Thursday after a torrid month at home, he intended discussing serious matters - but some mischevious Chinese were more interested in poking fun at his...

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Social media in China redraws old battle lines between left and right

17 Apr 2013

"P*** off and go abroad" is an insult that writer Li Chengpeng faces every day. Many conservatives want the former soccer commentator to leave the country and don't shy away from telling him so on...

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Opinion

China keeping its edge despite grim talk

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Howard Winn

If StanChart doesn't want us, why keep inviting us?

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New regulations in China ban journalists from quoting foreign media

On the day Chinese journalists woke up to news that the New York Times won a Pulitzer for its report on former Premier Wen Jiabao's family fortune, China's media regulator issued new regulations...

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Boston bomb blasts 'hold lessons for China' as weibo sees outpouring of grief

News of two bomb explosions at the Boston Marathon have led to an outpouring of sympathy from Chinese internet users on Tuesday, with tens of thousands of expressions of grief shared on microblogs...

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Weibo shuts down popular 'first lady fan club'

Excitement about first lady Peng Liyuan is continuing to spread on mainland microblogging platforms, but one site devoted to her was suddenly shut down on Tuesday afternoon.

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People’s Daily vows to destroy Apple’s ‘unparalleled arrogance’

War of words continues just days after China’s state broadcaster, CCTV, attacked Apple for allegedly providing Chinese users with an inferior service.

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Shenzhen man's groveling public apology after he forgets to attend his own wedding

A Shenzhen man was so pre-occupied with work that he missed his own wedding. Realising his mistake, he posted an apology in a newspaper asking this fiancee to forgive him.

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Guangdong University sets up student group to monitor internet discussion

Guangdong Baiyun University formed a committee nicknamed the “Red Army of the Internet” to monitor students’ online activities, Chinese business magazine Caijing reported on Tuesday.

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