Weibo Launches North American AI Research Centre in Silicon Valley
On the afternoon of April 20, Weibo CEO Gaofei Wang announced the launch of Weibo's new AI R&D center in Palo Alto, California. Weibo has become one of many...
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4.8 Million for a Fan Chengcheng Photo? China's Fan Economy Explained
Fan Chengcheng is the younger brother of Fan Bingbing, one of the biggest stars in China today, and a celebrity in his own right with around 3 million followers...
5/10/201810 min read
The Falling Stars Challenge-Social Media Makes the World More Equal
Have you ever planned a nice dramatic fall? If so, what would you fall with? Recently on Chinese social media, people from all walks of life posted pictu...
10/26/20185 min read
Anger Over BiliBili Censorship Could Tip China Toward Rating System
Several Chinese app stores pulled video platform BiliBili's app from their offerings after suffering another hard hit from government censors. Reports suggest t...
8/4/20184 min read
Durex Fined $120,000 for Inappropriate Advertisements on Chinese Social Media
Chinese government authorities in Shanghai imposed a fine against the international condom brand Durex over its inappropriate ad in 2019 for 810,000 yuan ($120,620).
10/15/20204 min read
Chinese Social Media Site Weibo Begins to Display User IP Locations
Weibo, China's leading microblogging platform, announced on Thursday that it will expand a function that displays users' IP location, which was first launched in March this year.
4/28/20222 min read
ByteDance Co-founder Zhang Yiming to Step Down as CEO
Zhang Yiming, Chinese internet giant ByteDance's co-founder, will step down as chief executive at the end of 2021 to focus on long-term strategy, the biggest management shake-up since the company's launch in 2012.
5/20/20218 min read
Misinformation Surrounding Tokyo Olympics Goes Viral on Chinese Social Media Amid Rise of "Attention Economy"
During the Tokyo 2020 Games, China's profit-first self-media industry generated traffic through the sophisticated manipulation of people’s emotions.
8/12/20218 min read
Chinese Social Media Platform Weibo Issues First ESG Report
China's leading microblogging site Weibo released its first Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report on August 2, mainly covering the information and data of the platform in 2021.
8/2/20222 min read
Alipay Is Testing the Social Feature 'Interest Community'
Alipay is currently testing a social feature called 'Interest Community', which aims to help users discover interesting things and find playmates.
ByteDance Prioritizes Music Product, Places Former TikTok Chief at Helm
ByteDance has recently raised the priority level for its music products to P1, on par with its games and education services.
7/2/20214 min read
Twitter Asia-Pacific to Help Chinese Business Expand Abroad, Invest in Live Video
It has been 11 years since Twitter established itself as a new platform for social communication. In that time, it has become one of the world's most important ...