May 25, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Sina Weibo

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China Cracks Down On Online Criticism

Reuters | Terril Yue Jones | Posted 05.20.2013 | World

Read More: China Corruption Probe, China Internet, Video, Sina Weibo, Reuters, Sina Weibo Crackdown China, Liu Tienan, China Online Watchdogs, China, China Corruption, China Internet Rumors, World News

By Terril Yue Jones BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Internet is brimming with disclosures of officials collecting bribes, homes and luxury ...

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Chinese Outraged Over Latest Crime Of General's Son

Agence France Presse | | Posted 04.24.2013 | World

Read More: China Elite Privilege, Video, Sina Weibo, Li Tianyi News, Li Tianyi Gang Rape, Gang Rape, China Scandal, Li Tianyi, Li Shuangjiang, China, World News

China has detained the 17-year-old son of a general on suspicion of involvement in a gang rape, reports said Friday, the latest allegation against the...

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Doggy Shizzle Weibizzle

The Huffington Post | Andres Jauregui | Posted 09.19.2012 | Technology

Snoop Dogg, a.k.a. Snoop Lion, has joined Sina Weibo, China's answer to Twitter, and has released a video in which he says "Ni hao" to his new audienc...

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Chinese Companies Wave Flag To Profit From Anti-Japan Protests

Reuters | Posted 11.17.2012 | Business

Read More: Video, Sina Weibo, Reuters, China Japan Island Dispute, Baidu, China Flag, Japan, China, China Japan Protests, Business News

By Jason Subler SHANGHAI, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The image of a small island topped by a massive Chinese flag that dominated the home pag...

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Why Are So Many Respected Chinese Journalists Quitting?

Tea Leaf Nation | Posted 11.12.2012 | World

Read More: Social Media, China Internet, Media Freedom, Weibo, Sina Weibo, Tea Leaf Nation, Internet Censorship, China Internet Crackdown, China Internet Censorship, Censorship, China, World News

Recently, Jian Guangzhou (@简光洲), one of the most reputed investigative journalists in China, quit the Oriental Daily (@东方早报) and announced he was ending his reporting career.

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How To Tweet During A Natural Disaster

The Huffington Post | Dino Grandoni | Posted 09.04.2012 | Technology

Read More: Hurricane, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Video, Twitter, Sina Weibo, Earthquake, Hurricane Isaac, Technology News

Some might write off the blathering masses on Twitter, but those Internet luddites might change their tune during a storm. As we saw with Tropical Dep...

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China's Twitter Leads In Cats And Cat-And-Mouse Censorship

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 08.02.2012 | World

Read More: China Microblogs, China Twitter, Sina Weibo, China Social Media, China Blog, China Technology, Twitter Censorship, China Blogging, China Censorship, China, Sina Weibo Censorship, Video, World News

BEIJING -- China's Twitter was raucous Thursday with horn-tooting over Beijing's gold rush at the London Olympics, a digital reflection of the nation'...

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U.S. Officials In China Baffled When Popular Social Account Becomes Inaccessible

AP | DIDI TANG | Posted 09.11.2012 | Technology

Read More: Sina Weibo US Consulate, US Consulate Sina Weibo, Twitter China, Sina Weibo, Ap, Technology News

BEIJING (AP) — A widely read microblog written by the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai and known for its sometimes tongue-in-cheek comments about China's ...

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Don't Dress Sexy And Ride The Shanghai Subway

The Huffington Post | Chris C. Anderson | Posted 06.26.2012 | Style

Read More: Video, Sina Weibo, Shanghai Subway, Shanghai Metro, Shanghai Sexual Harassment, Shanghai Sexy Dress, Slideexpand, Shanghai, China, Shanghai Metro Dress, Style News

Many Internet users in China are speaking out after Shanghai Metro's (Subway) official Sina Weibo micro-blog posted a photo of a scantily clad woman a...

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Calif. Man Becomes Internet Sensation In China For Random Act Of Kindness

Posted 06.01.2012 | Good News

Read More: Video, California, Sina Weibo, Homelessness, Random Acts of Kindness, American French Fry Brother, Jason Loose, Hunlizhuchiquhui, Nanjing, Mcdonalds, Good News News

California native Jason Loose was only buying a poor Chinese woman some French fries, but his altruism has managed to spark a a national debate about ...

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Is China Inc. Corporate America's Enemy?

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.30.2012 | Business

The Chinese are (not) coming! It will be decades before Chinese corporations -- even in strategic industries such as renewable energy or information technology -- beat American, Western, and European companies on their own turf. Indeed, it may never happen at all.

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Why Was The Word 'Salt' Banned In China?

Posted 03.15.2012 | Books

Read More: Word Banned China, Word Banned, Weibo, China Weibo, Sina Weibo, China Censorship, Social Media China, Social Networking China, Chinese Censorship, Video, Books News

Chinese social media users weren't able to share many recipes for soup or french fries last year, as the term "iodized salt" was banned in an attempt ...

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‘Twitter Of China’ Attracts Bill Gates, Maria Sharipova, Tom Cruise

Posted 11.16.2011 | Technology

Read More: Sina, Video, Twitter Chinese Weibo, Weibo, Weibo Twitter China, China Weibo, China Twitter, Sina Weibo, Weibo China, Chinese Twitter, Weibo Sina, China Twitter Weibo, Twitter China Weibo, Chinese Twitter Weibo, Twitter Chinese, Technology News

By Melanie Lee SHANGHAI (Reuters) - What do the International Monetary Fund, Louis Vuitton and Unilever have in common? They are the among a clu...

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Chinese Billionaire Uses Social Media To Announce He's Leaving Wife For Mistress

Posted 08.19.2011 | Divorce

Read More: Video, Twitter, Chinese Billionaire Twitter, Chinese Billionaire, China Mistress, Sina Weibo, Twitter Break-Up, Wang Gongquan, Divorce News

Billionaire investor Wang Gongquan recently announced to the world that he was leaving his wife to elope with his mistress -- and he did it on a Chine...

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