As the influence of public opinion on micro blogs grows stronger, more and more government departments in China are resorting to this technology to communicate with the public, according to a report ...

Just a couple of years ago, few Chinese in the then anonymous cyberspace would use their real names when circulating a petition or exposing wrongdoings. Once I checked well-known online campaigns ...

BEIJING - Diplomat Suehyun Charlotte Jung has her eyes on the goalpost: attracting more than 50,000 followers on her embassy's micro blog by the end of this year. So far, their Weibo account has more ...

India’s Worrying Plans for Dams on Transboundary Rivers Shared with Bangladesh The Chinese government’s response to the train crash in Wenzhou left a gaping hole for new media to fill. Three weeks ...

In what appears to be totally out of desperation from sluggish sales, Chinese watermelon farmer Fu Youlian posted his first ever micro blog from China's twitter-like micro blogging service site ...

Manton Reece has a fantastic explanation of the underpinnings of Micro.blog and Mastodon and how they work with third-party clients like Ivory, which Federico reviewed yesterday. Manton’s post is in ...