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j _; g! g' h7 htvb now,tvbnow,bttvb , w* U" I4 `/ g+ p! hTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。CHINA’S military mouthpiece, the Liberation Army Daily, is not a fan of microblogging. On October 19th it said Twitter had caused chaos during Iran’s political turmoil last year, and gave warning that such instant information-sharing tools posed “hidden dangers” to national security. Having blocked access to Twitter, however, China is encouraging home-grown versions. Both the government and its critics have become avid users. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。! E0 `+ e, G* W1 N8 f7 v
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Bloody ethnic riots in the far-western region of Xinjiang in July last year sealed the fate of Twitter and its domestic clones. The government, observing their growing popularity, feared that troublemakers in Xinjiang could use them to foment unrest. Since then Twitter has been available in China only to those with the skills to penetrate the Chinese internet’s “great firewall”. But the authorities quickly gave approval to new China-based microblogging services, or weibo, which employ armies of censors. In February even the Communist Party’s own mouthpiece, the People’s Daily, opened one. / B, J, O# R# F4 `" q% y4 \3 |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb www2.tvboxnow.com+ p# g) S; c8 q$ H1 {7 M/ e
# F v. n7 l9 {" |" P1 |# DThe party’s all-powerful Publicity Department tells operators to filter postings for sensitive words. Their detection means automatic deletion. But dissidents are undeterred. News on October 8th that an imprisoned activist, Liu Xiaobo, had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize spread quickly through domestic microblogs despite the authorities’ best efforts to block it. Users wrote homonyms for Mr Liu’s name, or abbreviations in Latin characters. " w+ d3 u7 x3 Q% K1 k) }- ?0 STVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, O2 F$ @7 E/ |* D
9 _7 i4 F% ~" j& a0 mwww2.tvboxnow.comSince last year, weibo use has grown rapidly. Before it was closed last July, the most popular domestic provider, Fanfou, had acquired nearly a million subscribers in two years of operation. The new leading service, Sina Weibo, says it has gained more than 20m registered users since it was launched in August 2009. Last August China Youth News, a newspaper run by the ruling party’s Communist Youth League, reported that in a nationwide survey more than 45% of people under 40 said they were frequent weibo users. More than 94% said that weibo had changed their lives. : m- f3 f5 x0 Y: U# p 0 l( N- y0 G {( D# Z' N5 q# l
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Hu Yong of Peking University estimates that more than 10m people are weibo regulars. In an article published abroad earlier this month, he claimed that the Chinese were world leaders in microblogging, using it for everything from “social resistance” to “mailing postcards to prisoners of conscience”. Mr Hu argued that this was promoting subtle social progress rather than lighting the fuse of a “Twivolution”, but he reckoned the phenomenon was nonetheless opening up “new possibilities for reshaping China’s authoritarian regime”. " C4 ~ i, F; o* i5 f: X5 R Fwww2.tvboxnow.com tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' L$ W/ A4 C. n
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Many of the government’s most prominent critics have accounts on the blocked Twitter service as well as on weibo. One of them, Wen Yunchao (who has more than 32,000 Twitter followers), says he prefers to use weibo if he wants information to be picked up by domestic media. Some of China’s more aggressive journalists are also keen users. In September several tweeted live on the plight of two women who were hiding in an airport lavatory in Jiangxi province. Officials were trying to prevent them flying to Beijing to issue complaints to the central authorities. # f. t4 _) b1 o* |8 Rwww2.tvboxnow.com 5 { d- k3 y7 t; j
, @* {+ z$ y3 f# Y. P( BBut the government clearly believes that weibo can be useful, too. Security officials can use it to monitor what dissidents are up to. This week a Twitter user in the south-western city of Chongqing was said to have been detained briefly after tweeting that she was preparing to raise a banner in support of Mr Liu, the Nobel prizewinner, during an anti-Japanese demonstration. Mid-ranking officials in Beijing are being trained at the city’s Communist Party school in the art of communicating with the public through weibo. % _) N a8 Y) lTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 7 j$ i8 T4 ?2 [ }' W ' ~6 ^; ^0 T! }6 L" [1 t6 Y
Rebecca MacKinnon, an internet analyst, says anyone wanting to organise something “truly subversive” would not use microblogs anyway, since the government might be able to trace them. And if weibo become more threatening to the party, they can be shut down. In July China’s microblogging services relabelled themselves as “beta” versions, a possible hint that this was all just an experiment. ( R0 i3 ^, f4 z- k; K : h+ E; T+ P& P7 H y- I* Z- k公仔箱論壇 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* v8 I7 f9 k/ G0 [6 n& S7 a
SOURCE : THE WASHINGTON POST ! Z7 u& I4 u5 y, V, | In China, microblogging sites become free-speech platform0 I' R& b9 v2 w. W" R
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8 g# Z* G& {9 ?3 s2 s (Nelson Ching/BLOOMBERG) - Sina Weibo is China's third-most visited Internet portal.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。# I7 C, s" }% q2 g# t
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% i% p, X! e* \1 A. p% \公仔箱論壇By Keith B. Richburg, Published: March 28: N1 x3 Q- w0 E( O) U$ {
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2 ~* N4 W3 u' C. L 8 r3 A$ H" m [3 xwww2.tvboxnow.comMicroblogs — called “weibo” — seem to be one step ahead of China’s notoriously efficient censors, with a dozen microblogging sites, more than 120 million users and a million posts every hour. Web sites such as Facebook and YouTube are blocked in China. Sensitive broadcasts on BBC and CNN are blacked out. Even text messages with words such as “jasmine” and “revolution” may be bounced back as undeliverable.公仔箱論壇$ Q. ?8 D' L( |7 h5 H* l, ^
; \1 q$ Q' i- X( u/ s) B6 t公仔箱論壇 8 T4 w" l3 x4 `: D 3 y; {, Q# Z+ z4 u5 iBut weibo users are regularly engaged in a virtual debating free-for-all, touching on some of the most off-limits or politically touchy topics.www2.tvboxnow.com1 L) v4 h* i9 p1 g a/ Y! ~
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% {; Q. K; `" E# f; W; m! yThere are microblog comments on the uprisings in the Middle East — including questions on whether the popular unrest might spread to China. There is talk of political reform, including users posting and re-posting remarks by Premier Wen Jiabao calling for more openness. Even discussion of Tibet and the Dalai Lama are allowed. ( G) h; p# W, \$ QTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 www2.tvboxnow.com4 B8 a4 {2 u- w! w+ U. F
" D& n! h% z! b. {3 _) C% |* yTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Still, posts involving the jailed dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo or the outlawed Falun Gong spiritual movement may be deleted or blocked from re-posting. “Weibo has become the public hall for people to discuss public affairs and formulate opinions,” said Hu Yong, associate professor of journalism at Peking University. “Weibo has become the most prominent place for free speech in China.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ t5 S$ D R+ {6 V7 [4 ]( W7 Y
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In democratic countries, “people have various channels to express their opinions, like through the media, the judicial system, in general elections and even through the petition process,” Hu said. “But in China, since all the other channels of free expression are blocked, the opinion function of weibo has become more important and prominent.” ! t2 z* w* H$ `- W" k8 ~ 公仔箱論壇8 ?) e: J4 v8 p8 L; Y
_( l4 F M+ K& Z& |' VIt isn’t that the authorities have suddenly discovered a new tolerance for free speech, Hu said. The weibo-using community is growing so fast, the 140-character posts go out so quickly and the technology is so new that they have been unable to keep up.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。+ I, R% r3 o, N: v
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The government, meanwhile, is trying to stay ahead of the trend. Local Communist Party bosses, propaganda department officials, municipal police departments and the provincial party chief in Xinjiang have recently launched microblogs. `2 p. s4 `# F2 ?www2.tvboxnow.com 6 {0 P2 b6 c$ B* YTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* R. x* m: O+ o9 i0 k
Chen Tong, executive vice president and editor in chief of Sina.com, China’s largest information Web site running the country’s most widely used weibo, said he persuaded 100 members of China’s parliament to open microblogging accounts during their annual March meeting in Beijing. 5 p: n1 y3 ?- Q/ j; ?- ^www2.tvboxnow.com " @3 B1 ?, }% R+ [6 N, ~TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 ( E+ Z2 i0 B; C& lStill, the number of government officials with weibo accounts remains low. Singers, entertainers and athletes are the most popular microbloggers, attracting as many as 10 million fan-followers each.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。8 f% K9 d+ g+ T- J: I2 d5 s; R
With Twitter blocked in China, several imitators sprang up. But microblogging exploded here only in 2010, experts said. 1 W7 t' r! ~& P8 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。: Y8 `$ t" o$ t% T( C
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The power of microblogging was dramatically illustrated last month by Peng Gaofeng, whose 3-year-old son was abducted in March 2008 in Shenzhen. Peng, 32, spent three years searching for the boy and was told by police to give up. But after a friend posted the boy’s picture on his microblog, Peng got a tip on Feb. 1 from Jiangsu province about a boy there who resembled his son. Soon, the father and son were reunited.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。" W5 c9 p5 R* v# E9 W8 p, d
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* P( i9 ^5 k( {6 H" ]$ X0 zTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。About the same time, sociologist Yu Jianrong started a microblog called “Taking snapshots to rescue child beggars.” Yu asked followers to photograph beggars and post them to the account. By late February, his campaign had attracted 240,000 followers. : v6 A1 A" [6 O ! B8 v4 Q2 e2 Z/ t8 h' H9 d3 ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 3 A2 Z% s: C6 n9 Q5 ywww2.tvboxnow.comPolice have solved some cases with the help of microblogs, and citizens have exposed instances of official corruption or foul play. Weibo has also been used to mobilize Chinese to donate money to people in need.. s0 S9 }5 @+ e2 U+ o' Z
" d; t( G4 f2 XTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 " T3 _ S8 t. x: H, w- }TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。“In civil society, in community involvement, weibo is playing a role like no other organization can play,” said Xu Xiaoping, a businessman and avid microblogger with 1.5 million followers. “Weibo gives people power.” % j. j# W; j' S9 O5 j0 q" vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 公仔箱論壇! e, D$ {5 Q/ \# T
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China’s creative entrepreneurs have also been busy. Around Valentine’s Day, bloggers — inspired by the campaign to rescue beggars — started a site to help singles find mates. They called their microblog “Taking snapshots to rescue bachelors and spinsters.” / e4 d4 B: G( A7 n" wTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 ) m4 F6 C' }. Z+ |' t6 x( L, N . r3 A" S O, {( o9 ]- Z9 g
But weibo’s power in shaping public opinion and its potential for social organizing have attracted the most attention. “Weibo is not only the place for people to express themselves, but also the place where people organize together,” Hu said.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。' L6 R9 _. V! [( m' o7 m! t
) K. h w7 Q& l3 I% ~www2.tvboxnow.com 4 v: F% G" S' P' U! xTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Xie Gengyun, a professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University, recently completed a report on microblogging and said weibo is the most popular choice for trustworthy information, ahead of newspapers, online forums and blogs. & h* ^8 a9 J) i" q: }$ k 公仔箱論壇' V: A: E& D6 e. ~" ]- f* H' ?
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“Weibo is changing the structure of the public opinions in China,” Xie said. “In the past, the public agenda or hot topics were decided by the elite and by the journalists. The public cared about what they cared about. But right now, the situation is changing. Weibo has conquered the dominant position in shaping public opinion.”- H& N) L4 m3 o2 S2 J
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