Is Cisco a snake in the grass? Is Sina Weibo trying to kill off LinkedIn in China? Are Chinese mobile ads tracking you? Does this new sweater make me look fat? These are the hot topics raised by this week’s China news selection. Enjoy…
1. Sina Weibo challenges LinkedIn in China with new business social network
Sina Weibo, China’s hottest Twitter clone, already has lots of spin-off features. And this week it has one more in the shape of Wei Renmai (‘Weibo Connections’ might be a good way to translate it), which is a professional social network.
2. Sina updates Weibo NGO platform
While we’re thinking of Weibo and its 400 million-strong registered users, Sina also updated its dedicated pages for charities and NGOs.
3. In retribution for Huawei investigation, Chinese state media is going after Cisco
What goes around, comes around. And now Chinese state media is out to get Cisco – depicted in one magazine cover this week as a snake (pictured right) – which is deemed to have been instrumental in getting Huawei and ZTE dragged over the coals in the US recently.
Based on data from China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Team (CNCERT), state media are now calling Cisco a security threat…
4. Chinese mobile ads are stealing your location, phone number, and contacts
Said one ad agency salesman to an undercover reporter:
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