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Chinese Actor Shatters Social Media Records After Apologizing For Cheating On...
Chinese actor Wen Zhang is as famous for his movies as he is his family-man image.Zhang, 29, has been married to Chinese actress Yili Ma, 37, since 2008. The couple have a daughter together and Ma is...
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Sina Weibo's IPO Is Not Going As Well As Planned
Sina Weibo sold fewer shares than expected in its US IPO which was priced below expectations ahead of a Thursday listing that takes place after tech selloffs on Wall Street.The firm, often described as...
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Weibo Investors Celebrate IPO While Weibo User Celebrates Getting Out Of...
SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Weibo Corp executives on Thursday toasted the Chinese social media firm's debut at Nasdaq's New York headquarters.Hours earlier in Beijing, Charles Xue, a...
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Chinese Internet Stocks Are Getting Slammed (WB, WUBA)
Chinese internet stocks are tumbling after earnings reports from Weibo (WB) and 58.com (WUBA). In pre-market trading, Weibo shares are off about 7% and shares of 58.com are down nearly 9%. These...
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Chinese Citizens Are Freaking Out Over This Government Propaganda Photo
A photo meant to highlight the bravery and adaptability of China's military members has apparently created a public outrage instead.The image of Chinese soldiers using dirty water to cook noodles was...
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16 Surprising Terms China's Version Of Twitter Has Blocked
China's government heavily censors its internet — and amid recent pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, online freedom of speech in the country has deteriorated even further.Netizens have long gone...
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It's raining money in China as its biggest internet companies battle over...
The Chinese Lunar New Year couldn't come sooner for mobile app users in China.In a battle for supremacy in China's mobile payments industry, internet giants Alibaba and Tencent are giving out money in...
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How one man's stolen iPhone made him an internet celebrity in China
Matt Stopera noticed something was wrong with his phone in January.While searching for a photo to Instagram, he discovered that his supposedly private photo stream had been inundated with photos of a...
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Tim Cook posted these pictures of his most recent trip to China on a Chinese...
Tim Cook was in China last week to discuss Apple's environmental programs, including a plan to protect 1 million acres of Chinese forest land with the World Wildlife Fund.While he was there, Cook (or...
View ArticleWe tried the 'belly button challenge' that's taking over China — and it's way...
The belly button challenge has taken Weibo – China's Twitter – by storm. Over 130 million people have tried to reach around their back to touch their belly button within a couple of days.We tried it in...
View ArticleThe guy who took a picture every day while walking through China is now a...
See how a man from Germany became a viral hit on Weibo, China's biggest social network.Produced by Monica Manalo. Video courtesy of Associated Press.Follow BI Video:On FacebookJoin the conversation...
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A city in California is using 'Chinese Twitter' to connect with some of its...
San Gabriel, California, a city of 40,000 residents northeast of Los Angeles, has official Facebook and Twitter accounts. But city officials say that wasn’t enough of a social media presence -- nor...
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Chinese people have found an ingenious way to circumvent censors when talking...
The tragic explosion in the Chinese city of Tianjin, which has so far claimed the lives of 114 people including 19 firefighters, triggered a nationwide online conversation in China.The widespread...
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Women are holding up pieces of paper to show how skinny they are on social media
A trend is sweeping the internet where women (and some men) are holding up pieces of 8.3-inch-wide A4 printer paper to show how tiny their waists are.It’s called the #A4Waist or #A4WaistChallenge, and...
View ArticleWomen in China are using sheets of paper to show how skinny they are
First there was the Belly Button Challenge, then there was the Underboob Challenge. Now women in China are posting photos of themselves on social media to compare their waist size to a standard piece...
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China is winning its war against internet freedom
When Google announced in 2010 that it would cease self-censorship of search results in China in response to a Chinese hacking attempt against itself and 20 other US tech companies, plenty thought it...
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Some of China's biggest companies just hit a regulatory brick wall
"I saw it on the internet, so it has to be true!"You may laugh at that phrase, but China is trying to do something about it.Internet advertising in the country will now be subject to increased...
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How internet celebrities are making millions on China's biggest social networks
Whether they know it or not, the millions of WeChat users who tap on their smartphones for the latest data everyday are generating millions of yuan for Chinese online content writers and...
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'Winnie the Pooh' is being censored on Chinese social media
Beijing (AFP) - Has Winnie the Pooh done something to anger China's censors? Some mentions of the lovable but dimwitted bear with a weakness for "hunny" have been blocked on Chinese social...
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Harrods says it's so good at selling to Chinese tourists that it takes £1 of...
Harrods' biggest international market is China, and it is planning to invest in expanding this market. A £200 million investment into in-store and online sales is being rolled out over the next three...
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