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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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UFOs invade Chinese internet

By Tom Hancock Fri, Sep 02, 2011 7:41AM UTC View Comments

By Tom Hancock Visitors to the front page of China’s YouTube-clone Youku are spoilt for choice. There’s a clip of Taiwanese TV show host having an argument with one of her guests (which has had about 1.5 million views), and a video of some people in Zhejiang province getting soaked by an unexpected wave (currently...

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Weibo shuts accounts over ‘rumors’

By AP News Sun, Aug 28, 2011 5:07PM UTC View Comments

BEIJING (AP) — China’s most popular microblogging site is cracking down on what it says is the spread of false rumors after the ruling Communist Party told Internet companies to tighten control over information online. The move by Sina Corp. reflects the pressure on China’s Internet companies, most of which are privately owned, to take...

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Infographic: China’s microblogging giants sized up

By Jon Russell Mon, Aug 08, 2011 1:00PM UTC View Comments

Chinese microblogging is a topic rarely off the radar in Asia, and recently its role in overcoming censorship and information bureaus in reporting the Wenzhoubar train crash garnered considerable interest. With that in mind, the infographic below (via TechCrunch), from competitive intelligence agency Digimind, comparing the country’s leading Weibo (microblogging) providers Sina and Tecent will be...

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