News about China's Social Media

From social media to online commerce, China's digital platforms are growing. The WSJ's Mariko Sanchanta speaks to Duncan Clark, CEO of investment advisory firm BDA, about how far China can succeed in the digital space.

Chang Ping says while the Chinese government's attack on the 'big V' celebrity bloggers is petty, in the long run, a blogosphere without these groomed opinion makers may not be a bad thing

As Twitter's IPO grows closer, one view going round is that one of its Chinese counterparts - Sina Weibo - is riding on its coattails of social-media euphoria.

Starbucks China on Tuesday deleted a microblog post that was widely interpreted online as a veiled message hitting back at the state television that recently criticised it for "profiteering"....

In China, the official media have to toe the Communist Party line, but China's social media is a pretty freewheeling place, with half a billion users. That's especially true of the micro-blogging site Sina Weibo, which is like the Chinese version of Twitter. Justin Bieber may have a record-breaking 46 million Twitter followers.

My friend accidently cut his wrist on broken glass the other day. Well, shame on him, he was drunk. However, the most shameful thing was that our buddy didn't take him to the hospital at once. He took several pictures of the accident scene and my friend's tormented face, and posted them on Wechat, the popular Chinese social media network.