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Chenese blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng. Don't try typing his name into Weibo. Pic: AP.

Social media: China censors, netizens play blind man’s buff

By AP News Tue, May 01, 2012 6:10PM UTC View Comments

BEIJING (AP) – A well-known blind activist’s escape from house arrest in China has set off a cat-and-mouse conflict on the Internet between censors and netizens. As word of Chen Guangcheng’s flight surfaced and spread last Friday, admirers rushed to popular Chinese social media to cheer him on – and the censors swung into action...

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Sina Weibo beats Twitter record on Chinese New Year

By Asian Correspondent Wed, Jan 25, 2012 4:18PM UTC View Comments

Sina Weibo might just be the Asian startup name you will hear quite often. The micro-blogging site, which is open primarily to China, has set a new record of 32,312 messages per second beating the record of 25,088 messages per second set by Twitter during the national broadcast of Japanese Anime series, Castle in the...

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China expands 1,158 square kilometers west

By Tom Hancock Sun, Oct 02, 2011 4:07PM UTC View Comments

By Tom Hancock China’s total land area grew by 1,158 square kilometers as the country’s border with neighboring Tajikistan was formally redrawn, Chinese media reported yesterday. As a result of the transfer, which took place on the far-western edge of China, Tajikistan’s total land area has decreased by 1%. A ceremony was held on September...

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9/11 anniversary: Chinese netizens react

By Tom Hancock Mon, Sep 12, 2011 5:12AM UTC View Comments

By Tom Hancock The tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks have received a lot less attention in China than in the US and Europe. Chinese people have been more occupied with the Mid Autumn Festival, which also falls today. But the anniversary has generated discussion online. Yao Chen, the Chinese actress who is the...

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Assessing the growing influence of Asia’s internet

By Jon Russell Fri, Sep 09, 2011 2:00PM UTC View Comments

Social Media New Zealand has an excellent guest post from Simon Grigg looking at the rise of Asia online, and how the continent’s growth is likely to see it influence the western world, which has until now been the influencer-in-chief. Overall, I agree with Simon’s take on things – Asia is gaining greater significance, no...

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