Sina Weibo [SEP] stock exchange
Sina Weibo


Dictionary. The Sina Weibo financial report in February 2013 showed that its total revenue was approximately US$66 million and that the number of registered users had exceeded the 500 million mark. In April 2013, Sina officially announced that Sina Weibo had signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Alibaba. The two sides conducted in-depth cooperation in areas such as user account interoperability, data exchange, online payment, and internet marketing. At the same time, Sina announced that Alibaba, through its wholly owned subsidiary, had purchased the preferred shares
7312755
Sina Weibo


Sina Weibo () (新浪微博) is a Chinese microblogging (weibo) website. Launched by Sina Corporation on August 14, 2009, it is one of the biggest social media platforms in China, with over 445 million monthly active users as of Q3 2018. The platform has been a huge financial success, with surging stocks, lucrative advertising sales and high revenue and total earnings per quarter. At the start of 2018, it surpassed the US$30 billion market valuation mark for the first time. In March 2014, Sina
7312746
Sina Weibo


and common shares issued by Sina Weibo Company for US$586 million, which accounted for approximately 18% of Weibo's fully diluted and diluted total shares. August 2009 – Sina Corporation launches Sina Weibo Early 2010 – Introduction of API open platform.. October 2010 – Sina Weibo launches China's first small talk contest November 2010 – Sina Micro-group begins testing January 2012 – Introduction of "quiet attention" feature January 2013 – Introduction of "close friend" function for the enhancement of private social circles February 2013 – Sina Corporation reports
7312756
Sina Weibo


to access Sina Weibo, including Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Symbian S60, Windows Mobile and Windows Phone. Sina has also released a desktop client for Microsoft Windows under the product name Weibo Desktop. Sina Weibo is available in both simplified and traditional Chinese characters. The site also has versions catering to users from Hong Kong and Taiwan. Weibo is now developing its international edition in English and other languages. On January 9th, 2018, the company ran a week-long public test of its English edition. Sina Weibo
7312767
Sina Weibo


Weibo and other weibo services. After the July 2011 Wenzhou train collision, many dissatisfied posts concerning governmental corruption appeared on Sina Weibo. Many Chinese officials have also opened Weibo accounts so as to give their own version of events. Average organic post view is around 10% – 15% on Weibo. In order to attract more followers, there are 3 types of paid ads options available: On June 8th, 2011, Tianjin Airlines unveiled an Embraer E-190 jet in special Sina Weibo livery and named it "Sina Weibo plane"
7312776
Sina Weibo


Sina Weibo was shut down for three days, along with Tencent QQ. In May 2012, Sina Weibo introduced new restrictions on the content its users can post. In October 2012, Sina Weibo heavily censored discussion of the Foxconn strikes in October 2012. On June 4th, 2013, Sina Weibo blocked the terms "Today," "Tonight," "June 4," and "Big Yellow Duck." If a user searched using these terms, a message would appear stating that according to relevant laws, statutes and
7312773
Sina Weibo


total revenue of about US$66 million, with more than 500 million registered users and 46.2 million daily active users April 2013 – Alibaba acquires an 18% stake in Sina Weibo August 2013 – Launch of Sina Weibo Taobao, enabling account sharing March 2014 – Sina Weibo renamed "Weibo" April 2014 – Weibo listed on NASDAQ November 2016 – 140-character limit increased to 2,000 words December 2016 – Weibo reports 313 million monthly active users and 139 million daily active users October 2018 – Weibo begins to draft a new version of its mobile app
7312757
Sina Weibo


(新浪女性微博) specializes in women's interests. Weibo Data Center enables users to access data analysis about a topic of their choice, Sina Weibo's official data, and demographic information. Sina Weibo has also recently released a desktop version available for free download at its website. In cooperation with internet censorship in China, Sina sets strict controls over the posts on its services. Posts with links using some URL shortening services (including Google's goo.gl), or containing blacklisted keywords, are not allowed on Sina Weibo. Posts on
7312770
Sina Weibo


, it still performs all of the original's functions. In March 2018, Sina Weibo reached 400 million active users. "Weibo" (微博) is the Chinese word for "microblog". Sina Weibo launched its new domain name weibo.com on April 7th, 2011, deactivating and redirecting from the old domain, t.sina.com.cn, to the new one. Due to its popularity, the media sometimes refers to the platform simply as "Weibo," despite the numerous other Chinese microblogging/weibo services including Tencent Weibo (腾讯微博)
7312748
Sina Weibo


can only browse a few posts by verified accounts. Neither unverified account pages nor comments to posts by verified accounts are accessible to unregistered users. Although often described as a Chinese version of Twitter, Sina Weibo combines elements of Twitter, Facebook, and Medium, along with other social media platforms. Sina Weibo users interact more than Twitter users do, and while many topics that go viral on Weibo also originate from the platform itself, Twitter topics often come from outside news or events. Trending Topics Sina Weibo's "trending topics
7312764
Sina Weibo


Corporation announced a spinoff of Weibo as a separate entity and filed an IPO under the symbol WB. Sina carved out 11% of Weibo in the IPO, with Alibaba owning 32% post-IPO. The company began trading publicly on April 17th, 2014. In March 2017, Sina launched Sina Weibo International Version. This new version has a clean, concise user interface design, as well as an ad-free feature; while its volume is very small, only occupying one-fifth of the space of the original
7312747
Sina Weibo


with their real names by September 15th. On February 18th, 2018, Sina Weibo provided a 'Comment moderation' function for both head users and official members. Comments received after opening this feature will not be displayed immediately, instead requiring approval from moderators. Users can utilize this feature to avoid illegal content appearing in their comment section. Despite the censorship, Sina Weibo and weibo services in general are seen as allowing greater freedom of speech compared to other Chinese media formats. Criticism against the Chinese government is more widespread on Sina
7312775
Sina Weibo


for children that prohibits disturbing content On April 9th, 2013, Alibaba Group announced that it would acquire 18% of Sina Weibo for US$586 million, with the option to buy up to 30% in the future; Alibaba exercised this option when Weibo was listed on NASDAQ in April 2014. According to iResearch's report on March 30th, 2011, Sina Weibo had 56.5% of China's microblogging market based on active users and 86.6% based on browsing time over competitors such as Tencent Weibo and Baidu. The top 100
7312758
Sina Weibo


January 11th, 2013, Sina Weibo and Alibaba China (a subsidiary of Alibaba Group) signed a strategic cooperation agreement. With more and more foreign celebrities using Sina Weibo, language translation has become an urgent need for Chinese fans who wish to communicate with their idols online; while many already understand English, most users still struggle with Korean. In January 2013, Sina Weibo and NetEase.com announced that they had reached a strategic cooperation agreement. When users browse foreign language content, they can now directly obtain translation results through the YouDao
7312754
Microblogging in China


real-time information sharing communities individually, and upload and update information in 140 character blocks. A major difference is that much more information can be conveyed in 140 Chinese characters than the 140 Latin alphabet characters used on Twitter for many languages. Sina Weibo is the most visited such site in China. Sina has used the domain name weibo.com for the service since April 2011. Because of the site's popularity and domain name, "Weibo" is often used generically to refer to Sina Weibo or Tencent Weibo. Weibos are a
2543159
Sina Weibo


-based microblogging services like Twitter, Facebook, and Plurk have since been blocked. Sina Corporation CEO Charles Chao considered this to be an opportunity, and on August 14th, 2009, Sina launched the tested version of Sina Weibo; basic functions including message, private message, comment and repost were made available that September. A Sina Weibo–compatible API platform for developing third-party applications was launched on July 28th, 2010. On December 1st, 2010, the website experienced an outage, which administrators later said was due
7312752
Sina Corp


Sina () is a Chinese technology company. Sina operates four major business lines: Sina Weibo, Sina Mobile, Sina Online, and Sinanet. Sina has over 100 million registered users worldwide. Sina was recognized by "Southern Weekend" as the "China's Media of the Year" in 2003. Sina owns Sina Weibo, a Twitter-like microblog social network, which has 56.5 percent of the Chinese microblogging market based on active users and 86.6 percent based on browsing time over Chinese competitors such as Tencent and Baidu.
10317508
Sina Weibo


, government departments, businesses and non-governmental organizations to open accounts as well for the purpose of publishing and communicating information. To avoid the impersonation of celebrities, Sina Weibo uses verification symbols; celebrity accounts have an orange letter "V" and organizations' accounts have a blue letter "V". Sina Weibo has more than 500 million registered users; out of these, 313 million are monthly active users, 85% use the Weibo mobile app, 70% are college-aged, 50.10% are male and 49.90
7312750
Sina Weibo


, every video with a hashtag VLOG will be available in the main search page under "VLOG" sub-menu. Weilingdi (微领地, literally, "micro fief") is another service bundled with Weibo. Similar to Foursquare, Weilingdi is a location-based social networking website for mobile devices; the site grew out of Sina's 2011 joint venture with GeoSentric's GyPSii. Sina's Tuding (图钉) photo-sharing service, similar to Instagram, is also produced by the same joint venture. Sina Lady Weibo
7312769
Sina Corp


technology information, finance, advertising services, entertainment, fashion, and travel. Sina is a multiple-service provider, its major services are SMS, eMail, Search, Games, Match, Entertainment, Sina Sports, Sina Blog, and Sina Microblogging. Sina Blog (中文: 新浪博客) is the blog service of Sina, which features the blogs of celebrities, including the most popular blog in the world, the one of Xu Jinglei. Sina Weibo is an equivalent to Tencent Weibo. Many celebrities from mainland China,
10317519
Sina Weibo


to the ever-increasing numbers of users and posts. Registered users surpassed 100 million in February 2011. Since March 23rd, 2011, t.cn has been used as Sina Weibo's official shortened URL in lieu of sinaurl.cn. On April 7th, 2011, weibo.com replaced t.sina.com.cn as the new main domain name used by the website. The official logo was also updated. In June 2011, Sina announced an English-language version of Sina Weibo would be developed and launched, though content would still be governed by Chinese law. On
7312753
Sina Weibo


Singapore, Taiwan, and Macau, as well as some famous foreign individuals and organizations, including Kevin Rudd, Boris Johnson, David Cameron, Narendra Modi, Toshiba, and the German national football team. Like Twitter, Sina Weibo has a verification program for known people and organizations. Once an account is verified, a verification badge is added beside the account name. According to research by Sina Corporation, the number of active users reached over 400 million by Q1 2018, making Sina Weibo the 7th platform with at least 400
7312760
Longquan Monastery


957 during the Liao dynasty. Feb 2006: Ven. Master Xuecheng opened his Sina Weibo microblog. Oct 2006: The Beijing Ren Ai Charity Foundation was established. Aug 2008: The Chinese and English "Voice of Longquan" websites were opened. Feb 2011: Ven. Master Xuecheng opened microblogs in eight languages, including Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish. Dec 2012: Monk & Blog, a compilation of 100 sets of microblog posts, was published. Sep 2015:
10399611
Sina Weibo


favorites list, and verify the account if the user is a celebrity. URLs are automatically shortened using the domain name t.cn, akin to Twitter's t.co. Official and third-party applications can access Sina Weibo from other websites or platforms. Hashtags differ slightly between Sina Weibo and Twitter, using the double-hashtag "#HashName#" format (the lack of spacing between Chinese characters necessitates a closing tag). Users can own a hashtags by requesting hashtag monitoring; the company reviews these requests and responds within one to
7312762
Sina Weibo


politically sensitive topics are deleted after manual checking. Sina Weibo is believed to employ a distributed, heterogeneous strategy for censorship that has a great amount of defense-in-depth, which ranges from keyword list filtering to individual user monitoring. Nearly 30% of the total deletion events occur within 5–30 minutes, and nearly 90% of the deletions happen within the first 24 hours. On March 9th, 2010, the posts by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei at Sina Weibo to appeal for information on the 2008 Sichuan earthquake going
7312771
Sina Weibo


, Sohu Weibo (搜狐微博), and NetEase Weibo (网易微博). Sina Weibo is a platform based on fostering user relationships in order to share, disseminate and receive information. Through either the website or the mobile app, users can upload pictures and videos publicly for instant sharing, with other users being able to comment with text, pictures and videos, or use a multimedia instant messaging service. The company initially invited a large number of celebrities to join the platform at the beginning, and has since invited many media personalities
7312749
Sina Weibo


(新浪微博号). It is the first commercial airplane to be named after a website in China. In January 2012, Sina Weibo also announced that they would be sponsoring Spanish football club Villarreal CF in its match with FC Barcelona, to increase its fanbase in China. On February 5, 2018, Weibo officially announced that it will become the exclusive partner of the New Media Social Platform of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 2018 to attract more Chinese people worldwide to use Weibo. As of April 19, 2019, the following
7312777
Sina Corp


360 intend to provide Sina Weibo tech support in order to protect Weibo from hackers and viruses. As of April 24, 2012 an official statement has not yet been made announcing the collaboration. To provide tailored internet services for local people, Sina has been conducting quantitative and qualitative marketing researches, including demographic research, psychograph, etc., on target audience in specific regions. Sina provides Internet services to the Chinese population around the world. In every localized website, there are over thirty integrated channels, including news, sports,
10317518
Sina Weibo


" is a list of current popular topics based partly on tracking user participation and partly on the preference of Weibo staff. Once a topic is trending, it often becomes a heated issue and can have wide-ranging social influence; as such, the list has reshaped how Chinese people relate to the news media. Sina Weibo has an verification policy, much like Twitter's account verification, for confirming the identity of a user (celebrities, organizations etc.). Once a user is verified, a colorful V is appended
7312765
Sina Weibo


to their username; individuals receive an orange V, while organizations and companies receive a blue V. A graph and declaration certifying the verification appear on verified user pages. There are several kinds of verifications: personal, college, organization, verification for official accounts (government departments, social media platforms and famous companies), and Weibo Master (linked with phone numbers and followers). When the number of microblogs reaches a threshold, users can apply for the verification of "Weibo Master." Sina produces mobile applications for various platforms
7312766
Sina Sports


SINA Weibo accounts including @新浪体育(@SINASports), @新浪体育视频(@SINASportsVideo), and others, collectively garnering over 20 million Weibo followers. In 1998, Chinese Internet company SRSNet (四通利方) built and operated the official Chinese language online portal for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Later that year, SRSNet acquired Hua Yuan Online and changed the name to Sina.com, and the sports platform became known as SINA Sports. From the beginning, Chinese sports fans quickly adopted the platform as a preferred way to access sports around the world. SINA Sports has had the
7168445
Internet censorship in China


internet from “divulging state secrets, subverting state power and jeopardizing national unification; damaging state honor” and “disrupting social order and stability." Law-abiding Chinese websites such as Sina Weibo censors words related to the protest in its search engine. Sina Weibo is one of the largest Chinese microblogging services. As of October 2012, Weibo's censored words include "Tank Man." The government also censors words that have similar pronunciation or meaning to “June 4,” the date that the government's violent crackdown occurred
20202787
Microblogging in China


as Twitter, Facebook and Plurk have been blocked since then. Sina.com's CEO Charles Chao considered it to be an opportunity. Sina launched Sina Weibo on August 14, 2009. Its executives invited and persuaded many Chinese celebrities to join the service, which led to strong growth in user numbers. Two other Chinese Internet portals, Sohu and NetEase, launched the beta versions of their weibo sites almost simultaneously, on January 20, 2010. On January 30, another Internet portal Tencent closed its weibo service, Taotao, and started
2543163
Sina Weibo


% are female. There are over 100 million messages posted by users each day. With 90 million followers, actress Xie Na holds the record for the most followers on the platform. Despite fierce competition among Chinese social media platforms, Sina Weibo has proven to be the most popular; part of this success may be attributable to the wider use of mobile technologies in China. After the July 2009 Ürümqi riots, China shut down most domestic microblogging services, including Fanfou, the very first weibo service. Many popular non-China
7312751
Microblogging in China


its new weibo service Tencent Weibo on March 5, 2010. Building on the large number of its instant messaging service QQ's users, Tencent Weibo later attracted more registered users than Sohu Weibo and NetEase Weibo. The public beta versions of NetEase Weibo and Sohu Weibo were launched on March 20 and April 7, 2010, respectively. All these weibos, provided by the Chinese Internet giants, used the subdomain "t.example.com", such as t.sina.com.cn for Sina Weibo, t.qq.com for Tencent Weibo, t.sohu.com for Sohu Weibo, t.163.com for
2543164
Sina Weibo


users had over 485 million followers combined. More than 5,000 companies and 2,700 media organizations in China use Sina Weibo. The site is maintained by a growing microblogging department of 200 employees responsible for technology, design, operations, and marketing. Sina executives invited and persuaded many Chinese celebrities to join the platform. Users now include Asian celebrities, movie stars, singers, famous business and media figures, athletes, scholars, artists, organizations, religious figures, government departments, and officials from Hong Kong, Mainland China, Malaysia,
7312759
Microblogging in China


NetEase Weibo. On 7 April 2011, the leader of the weibo services Sina Weibo started to use an independent domain name weibo.com acquired earlier, in an attempt to build up its own brand. Sohu Weibo and NetEase Weibo were suspended between July 9–12 and July 13–15, 2010, respectively. Since then, all of the Chinese weibo services have attached a note of "beta version" to their title logos. Commentators said that Sohu Weibo and NetEase Weibo were being "reorganized" by Chinese administrators. The weibo services were not
2543165
Microblogging in China


2009, Chinese microblogs were severely curtailed when most of the domestic weibo services such as Fanfou were shut down. But it brought the birth of others, such as Tencent Weibo and Sina Weibo, operated by large Chinese Internet companies. Sohu Weibo and NetEase Weibo were suspended in July 2010 under the order of the Chinese administrators. Weibo is now operated as a "beta version", enabling the user to circumvent prohibition. Due to the Internet censorship in China, all of the China-based weibo services are now controlled by
2543168
Microblogging in China


a weibo by putting it after the name of the service (e.g. Tencent Weibo, Sina Weibo). A similar word "围脖" () is used as Internet slang for "weibo". Fanfou () is the earliest notable weibo service. It was launched in Beijing on May 12, 2007 by the co-founder of Xiaonei (now Renren) Wang Xing (). The website's layout, API, and mode of use was highly similar to Twitter, which was created earlier in 2006. Fanfou's
2543161
Community media


Venmo and PayPal. Users can post Moments on their walls, order taxi service or movie tickets, and in general utilize the app not just for communication but for daily services. Anything that is posted on or is sent out to friends on WeChat are being monitored by the Chinese government. “Sina weibo” is like a Chinese microblog. There are almost 540 million people are users of Sina weibo. It is a stage for people to post their comments, pictures, videos, articles and advertisements. Now, there are
16841380
Sina Weibo


's official iPhone and iPad apps are available in English. Weibo International supports existing Weibo accounts and allows Facebook accounts to link to the platform; users can also use their mobile phone number (including international mobile phone numbers) to register new accounts. One of the most recent features of Weibo is Stories. "Weibo's stories" is a video function allowing users to record a video and save them in a separate "Story" menu in their profile page. Weibo has also launched a new "Vlog" function. Now
7312768
Yu Zheng


was referring to Lin, saying that he wished to collaborate with Lin again, adding "Why would Ruby be agitated?" Later, after Lin kept her silence, he continued his veiled attacks, writing on Sina Weibo: "What are the benefits for an actress to become a producer?... Correct answer is, for a chance to make out with all the young, hot guys!" On October 30, 2012, Yu Zheng wrote on his Sina Weibo microblog alleging that a "certain director" fired an actress
11911450
Qian Yunhui


Qian was crushed to death under the wheel of one of those trucks. Within hours of Qian's death, images of his dead body were circulating on Chinese websites such as Sina Weibo, Twitter, Google Buzz while many people expressed their disbelief in the official police explanation on these sites. As one Sina Weibo user wrote: “It’s become the habit of the majority of the people to suspect whatever the government says.” Yasheng Huang, a MIT professor, stated: “No matter what the truth of Mr. Qian
18353494
Wen Zhang


year-old daughter. They first met while appearing in a Chinese historical television drama "The Jinyiwei Guard". When they filmed "Struggle" together, they became lovers. However, in 2014, Wen was exposed by the media to be involved in an affair with Yao Di, a Chinese actress who starred with Wen in the 2011 television series "Naked Marriage". His affair attracted widespread discussion on Sina Weibo with over millions of comments. On July 28, 2019, they announced their divorce on Sina Weibo.
20846121
Sina Weibo


million active users, and daily usage increased by 21%. Many of Sina Weibo's features resemble those of Twitter. A user may post with a 140-character limit (increased to 2,000 as of January 2016 with the exception of reposts and comments), mention or talk to other people using "@UserName" formatting, add hashtags, follow other users to make their posts appear in one's own timeline, re-post with "//@UserName" similar to Twitter's retweet function "RT @UserName", select posts for one's
7312761
Sister Feng


. In May 2010, she appeared on China's Got Talent, and was pelted with eggs. As of September 2011, she had relocated to New York City, where she is working as a manicurist, and was profiled in the "New York Post". It was also noted that she has also 1.4 million followers on Sina Weibo (the People's Republic of China version of Twitter). In June 2019, Luo's Sina Weibo account has been permanently deleted. In November 2011, an English version of Luo
8492772
Chen Yufan


official Sina Weibo account of the Shijingshan branch of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, announced that two people had been arrested on November 26 for drug use and illegal possession of drugs in Beijing. It concealed their real names but disclosed their surnames as Chen and He. The one named Chen was said to be male, aged 43, a singer. In the afternoon, "Ping'an Beijing", the official Sina Weibo account of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, reposted the announcement from its Shijingshan branch, and commented,
15754655
Feng Timo


Feng Timo (, born December 19, 1991), originally named Feng Yanan (), is a singer and network anchor from Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China. In 2017 she was named one of the "Top 10 Influential Big V's (Verfied accounts) of Sina Weibo". As of October 2018, Feng Timo has over 17.5 million followers on her live room on the live-streaming site Douyu. She also has over 8.4 million followers on Sina Weibo (as of 28 September 2018). In 2014
20582977
FreeWeibo


live for a few minutes or even hours before they are reviewed and deleted, so FreeWeibo makes use of this loophole and collect those posts. "Charlie Smith" said that they copy every Sina Weibo post, but this approach requires a huge storage capacity. According to the Deutche Welle report, to access the FreeWeibo page from within China, people must use VPN software to bypass the authorities. FreeWeibo gathers data directly from Sina Weibo as well as from WeiboScope, which is a project by the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at
250471
Yang Qingning


Yang Qingning (, b. 5 November 1998), native name: Yang Yan, English name: Devbor), is a Chinese Internet celebrity, and former camgirl. She once had many fans in Kuaishou, but was later banned after she was criticized by CCTV for having a child out of wedlock and using a live broadcast platform for speculation. She is mainly active in Sina Weibo and shows her own photos. In 2014, Yang Qingning, at age 16, joined the network broadcast platform and opened Sina Weibo. She
4629196
LGBT rights in China


detained the organisers and threatened them. In April 2018, Sina Weibo, one of the most popular social media platforms in China, decided to ban all LGBT-related issues. This quickly drew criticism from the public at large and the "People's Daily", the Communist Party's official newspaper. Forms of criticism included the hashtag #IamGay, which was viewed over 240 million times. Sina Weibo reversed its ban a few days later. Many Chinese interpreted the "People's Daily" editorial as a signal that the
8591667
Manhua


Media Project, stated that social media has "dramatically changed the environment for cartoonists [as] they now have a really good platform to find an audience." Chinese animator Pi San criticized internet companies and web portals for being "pretty cowardly" and "too sensitive", as they take on the role of first line of defense through self-censorship. Rebel Pepper's account on Sina Weibo, where he posts his satiral cartoons, had been deleted over 180 times by 2012. Blogging websites such as Sina Weibo are
950378
Sina Corp


companies and 2,700 media organizations in China are currently using Sina Weibo. More recently, Sina also released a "lite-blogging service" similar to Tumblr, called Sina Qing, as well as a location-based service, WeiLingDi. Edalat. In a survey conducted by Gallup (China) Research Ltd in April 2003, Sina was the most popular company in China, and was estimated to have three billion page data volumes every day. Also, it was awarded the "China's Media of the Year" in 2003
10317513
The Crossing Hero


been read 14.29 million times, with more than 39,000 people participating in the discussion on the popular Chinese micro-blogging site, Sina Weibo, with hopes of becoming one of the most popular dramas of the year. The series hit 2.72 million views on its premiere episode within the first two hours, topping the "Hot Topics" list on Sina Weibo at the time. Viewership hit 4.33 million by the end of the day on 23 March 2015. The series crossed a hundred thousand views on Tencent Entertainment following the airing of
10244960
Jiro Wang


than 14 million times, with more than 39,000 people participating in the discussion on the popular Chinese micro-blogging site, Sina Weibo. The series hit 2.72 million views on its premiere episode within the first two hours, topping the "Hot Topics" list on Sina Weibo at the time. Viewership hit 4.33 million by the end of the first day on 23 March 2015. In 2016, Wang starred as the leading character Cao Yan Bing in the popular Chinese manga adaption live action series "Rakshasa Street. With its airing
13673307
Cut cake


of the entire piece. In December 2012, the "Sky-high Price Cut Cake Incident" in Yueyang resulted from a local government post on Sina Weibo, describing the government's response to a public brawl involving cut cake peddlers and locals. On 3 December 2012 the Yueyang Public Security Bureau posted a report on Sina Weibo about a brawl involving locals and Uyghur peddlers which ended with two people injured and the destruction of peddlers' product. The post said that one local villager was detained, while the Uyghur peddlers were reimbursed
16617472
24th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests


run-up to the anniversary. "35 May", which used to pass under the radar, no longer works. Sina Weibo also banished its candle emoticon for bloggers. Use of internet memes have become the favourite way of circumventing censorship. Following the appearance in a parody of "Tank Man" on Sina Weibo inspired by The Rubber Duck Project that took Hong Kong by storm, the term "big yellow duck" was also blocked. Another one that briefly got through censorship under cover of International Children's Day was
5482533
Sina Weibo


public were deleted and his account was closed by the site administrator. Attempts to register accounts with usernames alluding to Ai Weiwei were blocked. On March 30th, 2010, Hong Kong singer Gigi Leung blogged about the jailed Zhao Lianhai, an activist and father to a 2008 Chinese milk scandal victim; that post was also deleted by an administrator shortly thereafter. On March 16th, 2012, all users of Sina Weibo in Beijing were told to register with their real names. Starting on March 31st, 2012, the comment function of
7312772
Sina Corp


Taiwan and also Hong Kong use Sina's Microblog as a platform to reach out to their fans and supporters. Some famous users on Sina's Microblog include Taiwanese hosts Dee Shu and Kevin Tsai, with more than ten million followers on their microblogs each. A big challenge for Sina is monetizing the massive Weibo following. Sina Edalat has taken several steps in that direction, and is reportedly developing a "pay-for-forward" feature. The feature will enable users to pay to have a message forwarded by an account with
10317520
Criticism of Huawei


is not explicitly disclaimed in the ad. In its promotion of the Huawei P30, the company was caught using stock photos on promotional posts for the device on Sina Weibo. The posts were later amended with fine print stating that they were for "reference" purposes only. A new AI mode on the P30 is designed for taking photos of the Moon, and states that it can "adequately capture the beauty of the moon along with fine details like moonbeams and shadows". However, it was later discovered that this mode
9505057
Sina Corp


according to a Compete.com survey. Sina Corp also owns Sina Weibo, a Chinese microblogging site, similar to Sina Edalat, launched in August 2009. According to Sina Corp the microblogging site has more than 200 million users and millions of posts per day, and is adding 20 million new users per month. The company also said it now has more than 60,000 verified accounts, consisting of celebrities, sports stars and other VIPs. The top 100 users now have over 180 million followers. Furthermore, Sina said that more than 5,000
10317512
Meitu


advertisement in Meipai. Meitu phones' advertising mainly through social media platforms like Baidu Paste Bar and Sina Weibo in mainland China, the company invited Angelababy, a famous Chinese actress as the brand ambassador, moreover, Meitu phones with thousands of celebrity customers (most of them are famous stars and bloggers), the popularity of Meitu phones within these celebrity customer group improved the product's awareness, and made the product be more topical within social media platforms. Celebrity customers have been making contribution in Meitu phone promotion within Sina Weibo,
10300142
Ablajan Awut Ayup


Celebration of 60th Anniversary of China, Music Competition" which was organized by Xinjiang People's Broadcasting Station in October 2009. His single "Meshrep Nawasi Chinese Edition" was awarded a silver prize in "2012 National Children's Song Contest" in August 2012. His single "Qar Melike (Snow Princess)" was ranked 18th in Sina Weibo Most Popular Music list on May 19, 2013. His single "Guman ve Arman" was ranked 8th in Sina Weibo Most Popular Music list on May 19, 2013. His single
2600225
Manhua


also highly censored by the Chinese government. Reuters reported in September 2013 that about 150 graduates, all male, were employed to censor Sina Weibo day and night, and automatic censors processed around three million posts per day. A research team from Rice University, Texas, stated that they saw "a fairly sophisticated system, where human power is amplified by computer automation, capable of removing sensitive posts within minutes." Images censored from Sina Weibo include a portrait of Mao Zedong wearing a pollution mask, a photo compilation identifying the
950379
Sina Bank


Sina Bank () is a private Iranian banking establishment offering retail, commercial and investment banking services. The company was established in 1985 as a part of the government's privatization of the banking system. While established in Tehran, the bank operated throughout the nation with 1998 employees and 253 branches. Sina Bank is listed under the Tehran Stock Exchange and is currently one of eight private banks in Iran. The bank is currently the 64th largest company in Iran. In 2007, Sina Bank had initial equity capital of 10 Billion IRR
5753407
Microblogging in China


Weibo (微博) is the Chinese word for "microblog". It refers to mini-blogging services in China, including social chat sites and platform sharing. Weibo uses a format similar to its American counterpart Twitter, but used almost exclusively by Chinese language speakers; this has a direct impact on features such as hashtags on Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo, which both employ a double-hashtag "#HashName#" method, since the lack of spacing between Chinese characters necessitates a closing tag. Internet users can set up
2543158
2013 Southern Weekly incident


pm, "Southern Weekly" Cultural Edition's Weibo account confirmed the information Wu Wei sent: Soon after at 9:30 pm, @SouthernWeeklyEditorialDepartment2013 (@南周編輯部2013) posted: The very same Weibo post was also reposted by the official account of "Southern Weekly"'s Economy Edition. However except the 9:20 pm Weibo post, all other posts were censored and removed by Sina Weibo. At 9:49 pm, a Weibo account posted a statement that claimed to be from all editorial staff of "Southern Weekly"'s Economy Edition, stating "Editorial
20817415
Microblogging in China


officially approved, so they could only be operated as a "beta version". Some closed weibos were re-opened under restrictions in 2009 or 2010, including Fanfou, which was re-launched in November 2010. Most of Fanfou's users never came back. Before July 2009, Fanfou was the most influential weibo website. In February 2011, Tencent announced that its weibo registrations had exceeded 100 million. This threshold was officially passed by Sina Weibo in March 2011. However, according to iResearch's report on March 30
2543166
Billboard China


This expansion into China is a milestone for "Billboard"." On December 29, 2016, "Billboard" China's website was officially launched. On April 21, 2017, "Billboard" China partnered with Nielsen-CCData and Sina Weibo to launch the "Billboard" China Weibo Music Chart. On January 7, 2018, the "Billboard China" Weibo Music Chart developed into the "Billboard" China Social Music Chart, and "Billboard" China announced the launch of "Billboard China" Top 100, the
18999494
Homosexuality in China


the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television banned images of homosexuals on television. On April 13, 2018, Sina Weibo, one of China's largest and most popular microblogging platforms, announced a new policy to ban all pieces of contents related to pornography, violence, and homosexuality. According to Weibo, this act was requested by the “Network(Cyber) Security Law.” However, it is unclear which “Network Security Law” Weibo was referring to. In the newest edition of “People's
4223814
Panama Papers


and China Digital Times are blocked from mainland China. On Sina Weibo, a Twitter-like social media website, censors deleted content about the Panama Paper. However, the name of Xi's brother-in-law got through, and Weibo users tried to circumvent them with less obvious language such as "brother-in-law", "Canal Papers" (for the Panama Canal), and so on. Despite the censorship, Weibo search ranking was topped by phrases seemingly related to the Panama Papers, such
9325955
Microblogging in China


that the government will institute a "Real Name" policy for Weibo users. Early in February 2012, China's four key weibo companies – Sina, Sohu, NetEase and Tencent – announced that March 16, 2012, was the deadline for users to adopt their real name identity. The "Real Name" policy requires all users on Chinese weibos to register with the name on their government issued ID card. However, the username that shows on their homepage doesn’t have to be their real legal name. The Real Name
2543172
Charles Chao


to get a listing on the NASDAQ. He overcame this challenge by establishing Sina as a VIE (Variable Interest Entity) company, which cleared the way for a successful listing in the US. Since then, he has served as Sina’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chief Operating Officer (COO) and President in September 2005, and finally Chairman of the Board and CEO in 2011. He is the first Chairman and CEO in company’s history. In 2009, he helped launch Sina Weibo, which has gone
18407809
Microblogging in China


, 2011, Sina Weibo took a commanding lead over its competitors, with 56.5% of China's microblogging market based on active users, and 86.6% based on browsing time. According to the China Internet Network Information Center, in the first half of 2011, Chinese weibo users increased from 63.11 million to 195 million. By July 2011, 40.2% Chinese Internet users and 34.0% Chinese mobile Internet users used weibo/microblogs. In Dec 2010, it had been, respectively, 13.8% and 15.5%. In July
2543167
Microblogging


micro-blogging site, can be classified as micro-blogging. Services such as Lifestream and Snapchat will aggregate micro-blogs from multiple social networks into a single list, while other services, such as Ping.fm, will send out your micro-blog to multiple social networks. Internet users in China are facing a different situation. Foreign micro-blogging services like Twitter, Facebook, Plurk, and Google+ are censored in China. The users use Chinese weibo services such as Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo. Tailored to Chinese people
2825603
Wang Yan (entrepreneur)


mobile content service of which annual revenue significantly improved in 2004. Under Wang's leadership, Sina started to tap into social media amid fierce competition from rivals. In 2005, Sina Blog was launched which eventually paved the way for the birth of Sina Weibo, a Twitter-like micro-blogging platform that would later reach 431 million monthly active users in June 2018. In 2005, Wang's refusal and resistance to the hostile takeover by Shanda attracted world-wide attention The takeover was considered as "the first hostile takeover by
11345342
Liu Xiaobo


reported in the Western media, people in the West believed that it was mentioned only in a perfunctory manner in the press in China. It was said that censors deleted images or emojis of candles, or a simple "RIP"; searches on Sina Weibo regarding Liu's health returned the message: "According to relevant laws and policies, results for 'Liu Xiaobo' cannot be displayed". The Citizen Lab documented censorship of the death of Liu Xiaobo on WeChat and Weibo." They noted on 16 July censorship
10766662
Jiepang


has an easy access check-in toolbar that allows users to post their location, tag friends they are with, share a photo and add comments ("check-in"). Users can choose to have their moments synced to their other social-network accounts on Sina Weibo, Renren, Douban, Qzone, Tencent Weibo, Kaixin001, Fanfou, and Twitter. Each post can also be synced to WeChat moments or individual WeChat conversations. Users can create a "To Do" list for their private use and add
16165473
Oh Se-hun


in two years. On January 10, 2012, Sehun became the fifth Exo member to be officially introduced to the public. The group made their debut with the extended play "Mama" in April 2012. In February 2016, Sehun received a Weibo Star Award as voted by users of the Chinese social networking site Sina Weibo at the 5th Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards. In March 2016, Sehun was cast as the male lead in the upcoming Korean-Chinese movie "Catman", which is set to be released
15019376
Hashtag


On microblogging and social networking sites hashtags can be inserted anywhere within a text, often at the beginning or the end, but also within the text, usually as a word (e.g. “It is #sunny today”). Languages which do not use letters are handled slightly differently. In China, microblogs Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo use a double-hashtag-delimited #HashName# format, since the lack of spacing between Chinese characters necessitates a closing tag. Twitter uses a different syntax for Chinese characters and orthographies with
19348413
FreeWeibo


FreeWeibo () is a website that monitors and makes available content from leading Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo that has been censored and deleted by Chinese authorities under the Great Firewall. The home page is constantly updated to show the latest most-censored Weibo content. The site allows searches for any deleted microblogging strings and content, such as the names of dissidents, "64", "tiananmen", dalai (as in Dalai Lama, specifically the 14th Dalai Lama), "Xinjiang independence", "Winnie the Pooh"
250468
Microblogging in China


Policy would assist the government in controlling speech and communication on the Internet, and would facilitate Internet censorship. Although the regulation was supposed to take effect on March 16, 2012, the policy was not implemented. Many weibo users complained about this policy, and Sina Weibo started to censor posts that contain the phrase "real name registration" or any related terms on its services from March 19, 2012. A "Big V" is a microblogger with a substantial following and a verified account such as Kong Qingdong. Due to
2543173
Digital Jungle


Digital Jungle is a cross cultural, digital marketing Agency headquartered in Beijing, China. The core business of this Agency is to work with Western organizations to market their products and services to a Chinese speaking audience. The Agency creates and curates content then distributes this over multiple marketing channels such as social media (SMM), on social platforms such as Sina Weibo, Tencent Weibo, WeChat, Twitter & Facebook as well as Search Engine Marketing and Mobile/Community applications. Digital Jungle was founded in January 2011 by Dr. Mathew McDougall
10653651
Chen Kun


the first in a series of five books promoting the charity program. Chen was crowned as the "Weibo King" at the 2013 Sina Weibo Night for his popularity, influence and philanthropy work on the micro-blogging site. He was also the "Philanthropy King" at the 2014 iQiyi Awards Night. Chen is also a keen writer, having published and co-authored several books. His first book "Suddenly Walked to Tibet" (突然就走到了西藏) was published in 2011, and contains a collection of autobiographical essays. It
11178870
Pechoin


for young consumers (20–35 years old), and Fan Bingbing is considered to be an idol for this younger generation. Consequently, she represented the brand. Pechoin is a company that focuses on the use of various forms of social media platforms and digital channels to promote its products. Brands use social media to convey their presence and communicate customer relationships. Sina Weibo is the primary social media platform used by Pechoin. They upload advertisements, product launches, promotional activities and themed activities on Weibo. As a Chinese version of Twitter
12410572
Oh Seong-dae


it, making it an instant hit among the Chinese community, and gaining him fame. From October 2014 onwards, the Chinese translated version of Tales of the Unusual has been serialized in Line Webtoon. In February 2015, Oh Seong-dae attended the with another webtoon artist massstar. Both of them hosted autograph sessions in the booth of Line Webtoon. In June 2015, Sina Weibo user Hanmansimida () translated Beauty Water into Chinese and posted it on her Weibo. As the story is close to our life and voices that
13672591
Internet in China


Chinese social media network. Without access to the majority of social media platforms used elsewhere in the world, the Chinese have created their own networks, just like Facebook, Myspace, Youtube, and Foursquare – but with more users – which is why every global company needs to pay attention to these sites. Some Chinese famous social medias are Sina Weibo, Tencent Weibo, Renren, PengYou, QQ, Douban etc. And in recent years, the use of WeChat becomes more and more popular among people in China. The rapidly
13986909
Durex


Durex provided 150,000 free condoms to more than 10,000 athletes that competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The official microblogging of Durex started on the Chinese Sina Weibo in January 2011. The number of its followers is 2.65 million (in 2018) and the number of its microblogs is more than 20,000. Durex's homepage also includes promoting Weibo microblogs. Durex's marketing in China is discreet, as the Chinese usually like larger families, compared with the more western approach to families, with campaigns of their products run subtly to
14092129
2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests


to erase or block news of the protests on social media. "People are very curious and there is a lot of discussion on this event," according to a Weibo censor. On Sina Weibo and WeChat, the term "let's go Hong Kong" was blocked with the platform citing "relevant laws, regulations and policies" as the reason for not showing search results. Chinese social media users have attempted to bypass censors by rotating relevant pictures or even putting logos on them; however, while messages or images may
16930083
Internet censorship in China


death. After the 2011 Wenzhou train collision, the government started emphasizing the danger in spreading 'false rumours' (yaoyan), making the permissive usage of Weibo and social networks a public debate. In 2012, "" First Monday" published an article on "political "content" censorship in social media, i.e., the active deletion of messages published by individuals." This academic study, which received extensive media coverage, accumulated a dataset of 56 million messages sent on Sina Weibo from June through September 2011, and
20202783
2013 Southern Weekly incident


News", who got demoted in 2010 because of a special cover, voiced against editorial by "Global Times". He got muted on Sina Weibo soon after. His personal Weibo account, as well as some "Nanfang Weekly" journalists', got un-muted at the midnight of January 12. On January 9, "Porridge from the South" (南方的粥), an article from "The Beijing News" Gourmet Weekly, got promoted to the front page of "The Beijing News" online. The title
20817423
FreeWeibo


, and terms related to any breaking news deemed sensitive. In addition, there are many terms relating to advertising content, pornography and so on. The founder of the site goes by the name "Martin Johnson". According to Deutsche Welle, he describes his mission as: breaking Chinese Internet censorship and creating a free Internet. The establishment of the FreeWeibo site specifically targets system-deleted posts on Sina Weibo, Twitter, and other large community websites, since around 12 percent of all posts for other Weibo platforms are removed
250469
Rhyzodiastes xii


“wolf” in Chinese: 习氏狼条脊甲 (literally, “Xi Surnamed Wolf Spine Carapace”). The word "wolf" was added to indicate that it was a beetle, differentiating it from the cockroach which has relatively soft outer body. The beetle's name has been banned from China's social media platform Sina Weibo. A Weibo search resulted in a message saying: “due to relevant laws and policies, results for ‘Xi Surnamed Wolf Spine Carapace’ cannot be shown.” On 11 July 2016, a
3610318
Sina Weibo


policies, the results of the search couldn't be shown. This censorship was implemented because a photoshopped version of Tank Man which swapped all tanks in the photo with the sculpture Rubber Duck had been circulating on Twitter. According to a BBC News report, the decreasing number of users since 2014 can be attributed both to the crackdown by the Chinese government on the use of aliases to create accounts and to the rising threat from competitor WeChat. On September 8th, 2017, Weibo gave an ultimatum to its users to verify their accounts
7312774
Zhiwu Chen


Zhiwu Chen (; born July 1962) is a Professor of Finance at The University of Hong Kong, specializing in finance theory, securities valuation, and the economy of China. He is a public intellectual in China, with a Sina Weibo following of over 9 million; in 2010 The Time Weekly named him one of "Ten Public Intellectuals Influencing China" and in 2012 public relations agency Burson-Marsteller named him one of China's ten most influential political voices on Weibo. He graduated from Central South University in 1983 with a
732768
Cyberspace Administration of China


Chinese Internet, the appropriateness of remarks made online, virtual private networks, the content of Internet portals, and much more. The CAC was behind a warning given to the major web service Sina Weibo, which was threatened with closure unless it "improved censorship." The CAC said that Sina had failed to properly police the comments made by users on the Internet. According to a draft Cyber Security Law, made public on July 6, 2015, the CAC works with other Chinese regulators to formulate a catalog of "key
14224065
2018 Minjiang University protests


potential damage to the university's image. At noon on November 12, after nearby take-out stalls were removed by the police, many witnesses uploaded photos and video of the scene to the internet. They complained about the university and compared it to a "prison". News about Minjiang University's take-out food ban trended on the hot search list on Sina Weibo. Further reporting by Sina, Pear Video, "People's Daily", CNR and other media also covered the role of take-out food
14849003
NTPC Limited


where it is a constituent of the BSE SENSEX index, and the National Stock Exchange of India, where it is a constituent of the S&P CNX Nifty. In Sep. 2015, Government of India held around 74.96% equity shares in NTPC. Over 680,000 individual shareholders hold approx. 1.92% of its shares. Life Insurance Corporation of India is the largest non-promoter shareholder in the company with 10.03% shareholding. In August 2017, the GOI divested further its 5% stake in NTPC through OFS (Stock Exchange Mechanism)
10629713
Wipro


November 2012 "Guide to Greener Electronics", Greenpeace ranked Wipro first with a score of 7.1/10. Listing: Wipro's Initial Public Offering was in the year 1946. Wipro's equity shares are listed on Bombay Stock Exchange where it is a constituent of the BSE SENSEX index, and the National Stock Exchange of India where it is a constituent of the S&P CNX Nifty. The American Depositary Shares of the company are listed at the NYSE since October 2000. Shareholding: The table provides the share holding pattern as of 30-Sep-2018.
22187691
Dashan


several foreign students studying Chinese at Confucius Institutes. The skit had no accompanied Chinese performers and was awarded second prize in the audience choice awards. Dashan was appointed Commissioner General for Canada at Expo 2010 in Shanghai, a position that ran from May 2009 to November 2010. Dashan continues to be a popular performer and on-air personality on Chinese television. In recent years Dashan has also become more active in online and social media, attracting over 5 million followers on two Chinese microblogs, Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo. In many
12298130