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World of Weibo

The stories taking China’s internet by storm

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A group-buying deal for Vietnamese brides
Nov 22, 2013 (WiC 217)

Who doesn’t love a bargain? On November 11, a matchmaking site managed to put love as well as a bargain together by launching a controversial group-buying deal on Singles Day. This promised to help bachelors find a wife in Vietnam. Perhaps it ...

Liu Dingning
Oct 25, 2013 (WiC 213)

After scoring top marks in the gaokao, the national college entrance exam, Liu Dingning could boast what many high school students could only dream of: a full scholarship to Hong Kong University (HKU). But just a few weeks into the semester in ...

Former Google China chief fights cancer
Sep 13, 2013 (WiC 208)

Last week Lee Kai-fu, founder of Innovation Works and one of China’s most influential social critics, took to his personal weibo to announce that he is fighting lymphoma, a type of blood cancer that affects white blood cells. “Although ...

Is Xi Jinping trying to appeal to the masses?
Aug 2, 2013 (WiC 204)

While much of the world was buzzing about the debut of the royal baby George, a completely different topic was going viral in China: on Tuesday, President Xi Jinping was overheard by reporters calling a young woman in Wuhan ...

Why a pensioner set fire to a bus
Jun 14, 2013 (WiC 197)

“Promptly delete harmful contents that are speculative, provocative or accusatory in nature. Every malicious or sensationalising weibo account must be closed without exception.” These were the instructions issued by the State Council ...

Li Wenrong
May 31, 2013 (WiC 195)

“Hello netizens of Spring City! I am Kunming’s mayor Li Wenrong and today I opened a Sina microblog.” It was a cheery opening for the mayor’s debut on weibo on May 17, although there was some suspicion that it might not really be Li ...

Guo Meimei grabbed headlines again
May 17, 2013 (WiC 193)

Back in issue 151, WiC talked about some of the image problems facing sports car owners in China. But one of the country’s most exclusive car clubs did little to help matters last month after a ridiculous spat on weibo, China’s ...

Mysterious weibo on new Chinese leader
Mar 15, 2013 (WiC 185)

Move over, Wen Baobao (a nickname for China’s retiring premier Wen Jiabao). Xi Dada (which means ‘uncle’ in Shaanxi dialect) is now the most popular figure on Chinese weibo. Back in November, a mysterious microblog appeared on Sina Weibo ...

General Luo Yuan
Mar 8, 2013 (WiC 184)

Major General Luo Yuan is the vice-secretary of the China Association for Military Science. He’s also known as something of a nationalist. In the current dispute with Japan over contested islands in the East China Sea, the army officer has been ...

Lee Kai-fu
Mar 1, 2013 (WiC 183)

Lee Kai-fu, one of China’s most popular bloggers, grabbed headlines again. Last week, the former head of Google China, who has over 30 million followers on Sina Weibo, discovered that he was locked out of his personal weibo account. That was ...

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World of Weibo

The stories taking China’s internet by storm

Liu Dingning Oct 25, 2013 (WiC 213) After scoring top marks in the gaokao, the national college entrance exam, Liu Dingning could boast what many high school students could only dream of: a full scholarship to Hong Kong University (HKU). But just a few weeks into the semester in ...

Is Xi Jinping trying to appeal to the masses? Aug 2, 2013 (WiC 204) While much of the world was buzzing about the debut of the royal baby George, a completely different topic was going viral in China: on Tuesday, President Xi Jinping was overheard by reporters calling a young woman in Wuhan ...

Why a pensioner set fire to a bus Jun 14, 2013 (WiC 197) “Promptly delete harmful contents that are speculative, provocative or accusatory in nature. Every malicious or sensationalising weibo account must be closed without exception.” These were the instructions issued by the State Council ...

Li Wenrong May 31, 2013 (WiC 195) “Hello netizens of Spring City! I am Kunming’s mayor Li Wenrong and today I opened a Sina microblog.” It was a cheery opening for the mayor’s debut on weibo on May 17, although there was some suspicion that it might not really be Li ...

Guo Meimei grabbed headlines again May 17, 2013 (WiC 193) Back in issue 151, WiC talked about some of the image problems facing sports car owners in China. But one of the country’s most exclusive car clubs did little to help matters last month after a ridiculous spat on weibo, China’s ...

General Luo Yuan Mar 8, 2013 (WiC 184) Major General Luo Yuan is the vice-secretary of the China Association for Military Science. He’s also known as something of a nationalist. In the current dispute with Japan over contested islands in the East China Sea, the army officer has been ...

Lee Kai-fu Mar 1, 2013 (WiC 183) Lee Kai-fu, one of China’s most popular bloggers, grabbed headlines again. Last week, the former head of Google China, who has over 30 million followers on Sina Weibo, discovered that he was locked out of his personal weibo account. That was ...