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Chinese society learning to accept LGBT community

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Sina Weibo re-introduces suspended portals after revamp

SinaWeibo,China’sTwitter-likesocialmediaplatform,reintroducedonSundayitstopsearchportalsafteritsuspendedthefunctionsfollowingcriticismbythecountry’stopInternetw

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Female fighter takes home China's first gold at World MMA Championships

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Viral post asks 'Do Chinese people know what they're wearing?'

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China's Sina Weibo overtakes Twitter in active monthly users

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China's Weibo overtakes Twitter in market cap

Chinese social media giant Sina Weibo overtook its U.S. counterpart Twitter in market capitalization for the first time ever during trading on Monday.

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Top 10 China's e-commerce celebrities with most commercial value

China's internet celebrity sector's output value this year is expected to reach 58 billion yuan ($8.7 billion), surpassing China's box office and equal to China's largest retailer Bailian Group's annual sales last year, according to a report by Shanghai-based enterprise data aggregator CBNData.

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War escalates as Weibo bans users promoting WeChat

​The war between Sina Weibo and Tencent's WeChat, two big players in China's social media game, escalated when Sina Weibo began to ban users promoting WeChat on its service on late Tuesday.

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Sina makes second apology for online porn

China's Internet giant Sina.com on Sunday made another apology for its involvement in online pornography, saying that the website will obey the authorities' punishment.

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China's Sina.com hit by ban after porn offense

China's Internet giant Sina.com will be stripped of its online publication license, a penalty that might partially ban its operations, after articles and videos on the site fell prey to the country's high-profile anti-porn movement.

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Sina Weibo mulling IPO "relatively soon"

Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter, is planning a stock market listing in New York "relatively soon", a source told Xinhua on Tuesday.

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Former Taiwan politician embraces mainland social media

Frank Hsieh Chang-ting, a former member of Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), said he "relishes a chance of communication" on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo on Wednesday after Sina verified him as "former chairman of the DPP."