Tag Archives: Sina

Xinhua calls it for Obama

Obama wins and the Chinese media are all over it.

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20 million sock puppets against separatism

Sina has an online signature campaign against the western media that has gotten flooded with sockpuppets.

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The media circus when a celebrity dies

Hou Yaowen (侯耀文) dies. He Dong (何东) writes about the media circus, comparing it to the death of Huang Ju (黄菊). Also, Sina apologizes for deleting the post.

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Han Han on the death of Huang Ju

Han Han writes about Huang Ju (黄菊), whose name is filtered from Sina’s blogs. Also, flags at half-mast.

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Sina’s celebrity strategy to harness the eyeball economy

Wang Xiaofeng (王小峰), formerly of Massage Milk fame, writes about how Sina manipulates celebrities to generate news.

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Increase your Sina blog hitcount for pennies a day!

The “Sina Blog Hitcount Killer” (新浪博客计数器杀手) claims to be able to increase your Sina blog hitcount, for a minimal fee.

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‘Cherish freedom: Stay far away from Sina!’

Wang Xiaoshan blogs about The Beijing News shakeup. Sina deletes his post. Wang Xiaofeng comments.

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Celebrities blog on Sina

Chinese celebrities blog on Sina: Xu Jinglei, Yu Hua, Super Girl Zhang Liangying, Yu Qiuyu. Do they have anything to say?

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Warning! This article contains Sensitive Words

Wang Xiaofeng writes about Sina’s keyword filters.

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