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China Anoints a New Most-Followed Celebrity, Way Ahead of Liu Xiang, Lady Gaga

By Steven Millward

With the huge rise in popularity of microblogging in China, it’s sometimes overlooked that there isn’t just one Twitter-like ser...

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  • January 24, 2012
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India and the UK are Facebook BFFs [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Steven Millward

The Infographic of the Day series visually expresses important stories from Asia and the world of technology. A bit of data-delving by Weste...

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  • October 19, 2011
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Zombies Will Eat Your Brains (And Boost Your Followers on Weibo)

By Allen Ai

Are you happy with the number of followers you have on Sina Weibo or its Tencent equivalent? No? Then let zombies help you… Zombie acc...

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  • September 28, 2011
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VIVAnews Offers iPad 2, More Prizes, In Blogging Competition

By Ratri Adityarani

Want to win a free iPad 2 as a result of your blogging? One Indonesian site is making that offer. News portal VIVAnews.com has partnered wit...

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  • August 18, 2011
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Beijing Police Arrest Alleged Sina Weibo Hacker

By Steven Millward

Beijing Police has arrested a man in connection with last month’s hack attack on Sina Weibo, China’s most popular microblogging ...

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  • July 8, 2011
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A Voyage of Discovery Across China, Where Weibo Followers Are Your Guides, Hosts

By David Feng

If you thought the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, Weibo, is only for super-enthusiastic fans of superstars (such as the gorgeous actress Yao...

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  • November 8, 2011
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Groping a Penguin, Cristiano Ronaldo Signs Up for Tencent Weibo

By Steven Millward

Rather awkwardly clutching a toy penguin, the Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo started tweeting on Tencent (HKG:0700) Weibo yesterday...

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  • October 17, 2011
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Tencent Weibo Launches English Version, Goes Bilingual Faster than Sina

By Steven Millward

While surfing around Tencent Weibo today, we realized something unique about the Chinese microblogging site – it has launched an optio...

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  • September 26, 2011
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Chinese Actress Yao Chen Passes 10 Million Weibo Followers, Closing In On Lady Gaga

By Steven Millward

Chinese actress Yao Chen has just passed the 10 million follower mark on Sina Weibo, China’s most popular microblogging platform. It m...

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  • July 28, 2011
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