Censorship Is LinkedIn’s China Friend As It Boasts User Milestone
Shen Boyang, LinkedIn’s global vice president and China president, said that the company’s number of users in China has surpassed …
Twitter’s Appointment Of New China Chief Won’t Mean Much
Jace Dorsey, chief executive officer of Twitter, announced via a tweet that the company has appointed Kathy Chen as Twitter’s …
What Twitter Can And Can’t Do In Hong Kong As It Views China
Hong Kong’s geographic proximity to mainland China belies the gulf in business practices, Internet laws, and access that Twitter will find between the refined transparency of Hong Kong and the nuances and perils of the mainland Chinese Internet sector. Twitter announced plans this week to open an office in Hong Kong. Though the company says […]
When Will China Unblock Foreign Websites Like Facebook And Twitter?
Western media are hailing news that the Shanghai Free-trade Zone may allow blocked websites like Facebook and New York Times. The news comes from South China Morning Post’s reporting of an unnamed government source’s statement: “In order to welcome foreign companies to invest and to let foreigners live and work happily in the free-trade zone, […]
China’s Weibo Shuts Messaging Door To Outside Social Media Developers
Sina.com’s microblog service Weibo.com has fully closed its open platform private messaging interface to prevent third-party applications from sending private messages to Weibo users.