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AP’s Report Inaccurate; Chinese Microblogging Sites Very Much Alive after Crackdown (with updates)
This morning, Chinese government’s cracking down on websites and arresting six netizens for spreading the rumor of a military coup in Beijing became a headlining story in many major Chinese and international media. AP and The Washington Post both reported that two microblogging websites Sina Weibo and TencentWeibo were “punished” and comments have been temporarily […]
Don’t Like Weibo’s Identity Verification? What Can You Do?
March 15, 2012
All the four major weibo service providers, Sina (sina.com.cn), Sohu (sohu.com), Wangyi (163.com), and Tencent (qq.com) are to implement its identity verification required by the Beijing municipal government in ten minutes. The existing users of weibo will have to verify their identities by linking their Weibo accounts to their cell phone numbers, which required an resident […]
Identity Verification on Weibo: The Beginning of the End of (Relative Yet Still Lovely) Free Speech?
December 16, 2011
Finally, it happened. Let me first backtrack a little bit. Despite the occasional blocking of sensitive terms and topics (read examples here and here), the Chinese government had been quite lenient with microblogging, or weibo, according to the “Chinese standards” of course. People actually can get information and talk about things on weibo sites the […]
“Guangdong Wukan” and “Xue Jinbo,” Welcome to the Blocked List
December 14, 2011
“According to relevant laws and regulations, the search result of ‘Guangdong Wukan’ (广东乌坎) is not shown.” This is what you get if you type in “Guangdong Wukan” in Weibo’s search engine. The same alert will pop up if you type in “Xue Jinbo” (薛锦波). In Chinese traditional medicine, a doctor can diagnose diseases by pressing the […]
Tom Cruise on Sina Microblog
May 13, 2011
Yes, I couldn’t believe it, but it’s true. Tom Cruise has a channel on Sina Microblog. He has 1395658 fans and is following 505 Sina microbloggers. I hope he’s smart enough not to say anything funny about his Scientology stuff there… More Share and Comments
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Things You Don't Know About China 
March 31, 2012
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