Microblogging in China

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.

Sina Weibo is a Chinese microblogging (weibo) website.

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.

Tencent Weibo is a Chinese microblogging (weibo) website launched by Tencent in April 2010, and is still currently under beta testing.

Weibo is the Chinese word for "microblog".

The users use Chinese weibo services such as Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo.

Fanfou, one of the earliest weibo services, highly similar to Twitter, closed due to Chinese censorship, re-opened in November 2010

Fanfou is a Chinese microblogging (weibo) website.

Due to the Internet censorship in China, all of the China-based weibo services are now controlled by various self-censorship policies and methods.

In the aftermath, Liang's name became the most-censored search term on Weibo.

Sina.com's CEO Charles Chao considered it to be an opportunity.

* Microblogging in China

Comparison of microblogging services

Microblogging in China

Weibo is the Chinese word for "microblog".

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. Fanfou, one of the earliest weibo services, highly similar to Twitter, closed due to Chinese censorship, re-opened in November 2010 The website's layout, API, and mode of use was highly similar to Twitter, which was created earlier in 2006.

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.

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.

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 has used the domain name weibo.com for the service since April 2011.

After the high-speed Wenzhou train collision in 2011 in which 40 people died, online posting played a key role in spreading the news quickly and discussing and evaluating government response.

A similar word "围脖" is used as Internet slang for "weibo".

It was launched in Beijing on May 12, 2007 by the co-founder of Xiaonei (now Renren) Wang Xing .

It was launched in Beijing on May 12, 2007 by the co-founder of Xiaonei (now Renren) Wang Xing .

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.

The users included HP China, the Southern Weekly, artist Ai Weiwei, writer Lian Yue and TV commentator Liang Wendao .

The users included HP China, the Southern Weekly, artist Ai Weiwei, writer Lian Yue and TV commentator Liang Wendao .

After the July 2009 Ürümqi riots, the CPC government shut down most of the domestic weibo services, including Fanfou and Jiwai.

After the July 2009 Ürümqi riots, the CPC government shut down most of the domestic weibo services, including Fanfou and Jiwai.

Many popular non China-based microblogging services such as Twitter, Facebook and Plurk have been blocked since then.

Many popular non China-based microblogging services such as Twitter, Facebook and Plurk have been blocked since then.