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China's Weibo CEO Tests New Real-Name Policy On His Own Account
The chief executive of China's Weibo on Friday confirmed that China may start denying anonymity to online commentators on politics and finance by requiring them to display their names on their accounts, telling users the policy was incoming.
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'Lunch Of Suffering': Chinese People Call European Food 'Bland', Internet In Splits
Chinese bloggers are sharing their honest and relatable reactions to typical 'white people' lunches. Here's all you need to know!
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Woman Faces Online Backlash For Donating Over $800,000 To Charity. Here's Why
A Chinese nun is facing backlash online for donating a fortune to charity even though her daughter struggled to pay her university fees.
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Weibo Chairman, State Firm Said to Plan Taking China's Twitter Private
Weibo chairman Charles Chao and a Chinese state investor plan to take China's answer to Twitter private, sources said, sending its shares as much as 50 percent higher.
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Tesla Cooperating With Chinese Authorities After Accident Killed Police Officer
A video circulated on China's Twitter-like Weibo and in local state media showed a Tesla Model X next to two police officers lying on the ground after an accident.
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China Deletes Social Media Posts Mocking India Over COVID-19 Crisis After Backlash
A Weibo post from China’s top law enforcement body juxtaposing the country’s successful launch of a module into space with grim cremation pyres in India was deleted after it sparked online criticism in China.
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Tesla To Launch Self Inspection Over Services In China
U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc will launch self-inspection and address customer service issues in China, it said on Weibo late on Tuesday.
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Google May Acquire Firework to Rival ByteDance's TikTok: Report
WSJ reports that Weibo had also shown interest in acquiring Firework but "talks with Google are further along".
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"All The Forces": China's Global Social Media Push Over Hong Kong Protests
While little news or video footage of the Hong Kong protests made its way into mainland China in the early weeks, the subject now dominates the news and most-read topic lists on China's Twitter-like Weibo, with calls for Chinese citizens to take action to "protect Hong Kong".
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China Closes 1,100 Social Media Accounts For Unlawful Activities: Report
Chinese police today said that it has closed 1,100 social media accounts, along with 31 websites, this year for unlawful activities such as trolling or blackmailing, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The police found that some social media accounts on Tencent's Wechat and Sina-owned Weibo fabricated accusations against companies and individ...
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China Scours Social Media, Erases Thousands of Accounts
China's top cyber authority has scrubbed 9,800 social media accounts of independent news providers deemed to have posted sensational, vulgar or politically harmful content on the Internet.
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Chinese Man Slings Dying Dolphin Over His Shoulder In Bizarre Video
Police in China are hunting for an unidentified man who was filmed walking along a beach with a small dolphin slung over his shoulder. According to several media reports, the dolphin was stranded on a beach in southern China. The reports quote eyewitnesses as saying that the man simply picked up the dolphin and walked away with it. A short clip tha...
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Pregnant Woman Deliberately Trips 4-Year-Old To "Teach Him A Lesson"
Shocking CCTV footage captures the moment a heavily pregnant woman deliberately tripped a four-year-old boy. The woman reportedly did it because she was "annoyed" and wanted to teach the child "a lesson." The surveillance footage went viral on Chinese social networking sites, where many condemned the woman's "shameful" behaviour.
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Video: This Monkey With A "Human Face" Is Freaking The Internet Out
Photos and videos of a monkey with a freakishly human-like face have gone massively viral on Chinese social media. A video of the black-capped capuchin has been viewed at least eight million times on China's Twitter-like social media platform Weibo. The monkey, an inhabitant of the Tianjin Zoo, has become an Internet sensation for its strangely amu...
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Boy Trapped In Elevator After Peeing In It. Caught On CCTV
Truly bizarre CCTV footage shows a young boy peeing in an elevator, and then getting stuck inside it. The Internet has labelled the incident a dose of instant karma. The surveillance footage has gone viral on the popular Chinese social media site Weibo.
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China's Weibo CEO Tests New Real-Name Policy On His Own Account
The chief executive of China's Weibo on Friday confirmed that China may start denying anonymity to online commentators on politics and finance by requiring them to display their names on their accounts, telling users the policy was incoming.
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'Lunch Of Suffering': Chinese People Call European Food 'Bland', Internet In Splits
Chinese bloggers are sharing their honest and relatable reactions to typical 'white people' lunches. Here's all you need to know!
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Woman Faces Online Backlash For Donating Over $800,000 To Charity. Here's Why
A Chinese nun is facing backlash online for donating a fortune to charity even though her daughter struggled to pay her university fees.
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Weibo Chairman, State Firm Said to Plan Taking China's Twitter Private
Weibo chairman Charles Chao and a Chinese state investor plan to take China's answer to Twitter private, sources said, sending its shares as much as 50 percent higher.
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Tesla Cooperating With Chinese Authorities After Accident Killed Police Officer
A video circulated on China's Twitter-like Weibo and in local state media showed a Tesla Model X next to two police officers lying on the ground after an accident.
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China Deletes Social Media Posts Mocking India Over COVID-19 Crisis After Backlash
A Weibo post from China’s top law enforcement body juxtaposing the country’s successful launch of a module into space with grim cremation pyres in India was deleted after it sparked online criticism in China.
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Tesla To Launch Self Inspection Over Services In China
U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc will launch self-inspection and address customer service issues in China, it said on Weibo late on Tuesday.
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Google May Acquire Firework to Rival ByteDance's TikTok: Report
WSJ reports that Weibo had also shown interest in acquiring Firework but "talks with Google are further along".
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"All The Forces": China's Global Social Media Push Over Hong Kong Protests
While little news or video footage of the Hong Kong protests made its way into mainland China in the early weeks, the subject now dominates the news and most-read topic lists on China's Twitter-like Weibo, with calls for Chinese citizens to take action to "protect Hong Kong".
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China Closes 1,100 Social Media Accounts For Unlawful Activities: Report
Chinese police today said that it has closed 1,100 social media accounts, along with 31 websites, this year for unlawful activities such as trolling or blackmailing, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The police found that some social media accounts on Tencent's Wechat and Sina-owned Weibo fabricated accusations against companies and individ...
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China Scours Social Media, Erases Thousands of Accounts
China's top cyber authority has scrubbed 9,800 social media accounts of independent news providers deemed to have posted sensational, vulgar or politically harmful content on the Internet.
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Chinese Man Slings Dying Dolphin Over His Shoulder In Bizarre Video
Police in China are hunting for an unidentified man who was filmed walking along a beach with a small dolphin slung over his shoulder. According to several media reports, the dolphin was stranded on a beach in southern China. The reports quote eyewitnesses as saying that the man simply picked up the dolphin and walked away with it. A short clip tha...
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Pregnant Woman Deliberately Trips 4-Year-Old To "Teach Him A Lesson"
Shocking CCTV footage captures the moment a heavily pregnant woman deliberately tripped a four-year-old boy. The woman reportedly did it because she was "annoyed" and wanted to teach the child "a lesson." The surveillance footage went viral on Chinese social networking sites, where many condemned the woman's "shameful" behaviour.
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Video: This Monkey With A "Human Face" Is Freaking The Internet Out
Photos and videos of a monkey with a freakishly human-like face have gone massively viral on Chinese social media. A video of the black-capped capuchin has been viewed at least eight million times on China's Twitter-like social media platform Weibo. The monkey, an inhabitant of the Tianjin Zoo, has become an Internet sensation for its strangely amu...
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Boy Trapped In Elevator After Peeing In It. Caught On CCTV
Truly bizarre CCTV footage shows a young boy peeing in an elevator, and then getting stuck inside it. The Internet has labelled the incident a dose of instant karma. The surveillance footage has gone viral on the popular Chinese social media site Weibo.
