Posts Tagged: sina weibo

Sina’s microblogging service Sina Weibo has been called a Twitter clone, but it’s far more than that. China’s preeminent homegrown microblogging service has a decidedly different feel than Twitter, and despite the fact that it’s carefully censored, it has become the premier platform for important political and social discourse in China. It may not be the most profitable social media site on China’s web, but it it just might be the most important one.



There Are More Than 50,000 Government Accounts on Sina Weibo

We all know Sina Weibo has a massive number of users, and over the past year as it has become clear ...

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  • October 30, 2012
  • at 11:57 pm
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HootSuite Talks China Plans: Simplified Character Support, Chinese Branding Coming Soon

Social media in China is huge. So huge that nobody wants to ignore it. And while lots of people thin...

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  • October 25, 2012
  • at 9:00 am
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Free Weibo Gives You Totally Uncensored Sina Weibo Search

Just yesterday I wrote a piece about what the internet in China might look like if it wasn’t c...

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  • October 12, 2012
  • at 11:00 am
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Now With Over 1 Billion Netizens, This is How Asia is Social and Mobile in 2012 [INFOGRAPHIC]

Let’s step back and take a look at the big picture of the web in Asia in 2012. We see internet...

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  • October 10, 2012
  • at 11:30 am
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Report: China’s Net Users to Exceed 800 Million By 2015

According to a report released yesterday by China’s Social Sciences Academic Press, China̵...

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  • October 4, 2012
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Sina Weibo Rolls Out Social QR Codes For All Users

This morning Sina Weibo launched a QR code feature which allows every user to have their own QR code...

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  • September 24, 2012
  • at 12:22 pm
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From Weibo to the West: Tea Leaf Nation Partners With The Atlantic

Here’s some pleasantly surprising news this morning from the folks over at Tea Leaf Nation. Th...

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  • September 5, 2012
  • at 11:00 am
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Sina Weibo Testing New Ad Product Targeting Brands’ Fans

Sina Weibo’s advertising department has just announced on Weibo that it is currently testing a...

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  • September 3, 2012
  • at 6:01 pm
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RealLifeConnect Launches its Check-In Stations in China, Adds Sina Weibo Support

Austrian startup RealLifeConnect is adding support for China’s Sina Weibo to its social media ...

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  • October 26, 2012
  • at 2:45 pm
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Bug or Ban? Weibo Users Report Trouble Registering New International Accounts

After coming across a tip from a user that overseas users might be having trouble registering new Si...

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  • October 13, 2012
  • at 3:00 am
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China’s Top 10 Tech Companies by Revenue

A Chinese research institute, in cooperation with authorities in Beijing, has compiled a list of Chi...

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  • October 10, 2012
  • at 6:35 pm
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HootSuite Adds Sina Weibo Support For Social Marketing to China

HootSuite and its owl have flown into China, adding support for the country’s hottest Twitter-...

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  • October 8, 2012
  • at 11:30 am
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WeChat vs Sina Weibo for Business in China [Infographic]

We’ve written much about China’s up-and-coming WeChat application from Tencent (HKG:0700) recent...

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  • September 27, 2012
  • at 9:20 pm
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Apple’s iOS 6 Comes With Sina Weibo Integration, In and Outside of China

We know that Apple’s iOS 6 is integrated with Sina Weibo in China and/or for users with Chines...

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  • September 22, 2012
  • at 12:38 am
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SanRenXing is an Education Platform That Now Looks a Lot Like Weibo

If you don’t have kids who go to school in China, you might not be aware of SanRenXing. I wasn...

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  • September 4, 2012
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Sina Weibo Removes ‘Beta’ Label, Now Makes Twitter Look Like a Baby

Sina Weibo, China’s hottest Twitter-like service, has today removed the beta label from its site. ...

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  • August 29, 2012
  • at 5:20 pm
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