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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 ...
Mar 20, 2019 · The Wenzhou train crash was the Weibo generation’s coming-out party to the world, showing how, far from being cowed and brainwashed by years of Communist propaganda, young Chinese citizens...
Aug 14, 2016 · Weibo launched August 14, 2009 – exactly seven years ago today. It cloned Twitter – which had been blocked in China just a month earlier – with surgical precision but added a few things of...
- Steven Millward
Jan 17, 2015 · China’s weibo community numbered more than 300 million users in 2013. This article assesses the rise and influence of microblogs from political, social, and commercial aspects. It examines ways the Chinese government has controlled microblogs, considers newer competing forms of communication, and assesses trends in Chinese digital discourse.
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...
Feb 7, 2018 · Weibo was launched in August 2009 as the micro-blogging service of Sina.com, one of China’s leading technology companies. It has since played an essential part in the public life of the Chinese people, reflecting China’s socio-political transition in the post-Olympics decade.
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.
