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7 hours ago · On Chinese social media, the US election featured high among the trending topics throughout Tuesday and Wednesday. On microblogging site Weibo, a popular quip goes: “The country is so divided ...
Liu, who worked as a censor for Weibo and other Chinese internet companies before moving to the U.S., pointed out that Weibo has not used Side Note to fact-check government accounts or false ...
4 hours ago · Donald Trump’s decisive election victory was about many things: a global rejection of incumbents, a rise in the Republican electorate and a battle for the future of America’s democracy. But ...
Feb 7, 2018 · The ideological contention also reflects the state has taken a firm standing on Weibo, and is able to steer public opinion, promoting discourses of nationalism and Weibo’s “positive” contribution to governance, but at the same time, it also sees Weibo as a major ideological threat to the legitimacy and stability of the regime, and takes further steps in cracking down contents and users ...
- Eileen Le Han
- 2018
Mar 4, 2024 · The discrepancy shows how anti-elitism can have different mirrors in China. Liberalism or pluralism is not part of the vision of democracy for China on Weibo, which places greater emphasis on the establishment’s responsibilities. If the government can “take good care” of the majority, people may be willing to compromise on liberty.
Runfeng He has written one of the most comprehensive accounts ever undertaken of the ways the Chinese government has attempted to control Weibo, the micro-blogging site in China most akin to Twitter. According to official Chinese figures, Weibo reached an astonishing 331 million users in June 2013, but fell to 275 million a year later. Feng looks at several key questions about the popularity ...
6 hours ago · America’s democracy will again be put to the test, and its government will veer sharply to the right. Kamala Harris and Democrats were dealt stunning defeats across the country. By Reid J ...
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