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- CHINA INTRODUCED ITS OWN INDIGENOUS Twitter-like service, dubbed weibo in Chinese or ‘‘microblog’’ in English, in early 2007.1 Since then, microblogs have spread among the country’s population at a rapid rate, and have shaped many aspects of China’s political, social, and economic environ-ment.
www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/as.2014.54.6.1059The Rise and Influence of Weibo (Microblogs) in China - JSTOR
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Weibo (Chinese: 微博; pinyin: Wēibó), previously Sina Weibo (Chinese: 新浪微博; pinyin: Xīnlàng Wēibó), is a Chinese microblogging (weibo) website. Launched by Sina Corporation on 14 August 2009, it is one of the biggest social media platforms in China, [1] with over 582 million monthly active users (252 million daily active users ...
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Weibo is a Twitter-like microblogging service used by hundreds of millions of users. Launched by Sina in 2009, it regularly censors topics deemed sensitive or inappropriate by the Chinese...
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Weibo – China’s version of Twitter – has created a vigorous virtual public square since it was launched by the Chinese internet company Sina three years ago this month. The site, which allows users to post photos, videos, comments and messages, has since expanded with scorching speed.