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Understanding Social Media in CHINA.

Facebook? Twitter? YouTube? Censorship in China has led to a near complete block on Western social media sites to limit access to undesirable content on Facebook, Twitter and Google. However, the Chinese have developed their own sites, which are just as effective at providing nationals with a similar experience, albeit

The China Trip Diary: Day 7&8

Day 7: Time to get touristy. Our working week had ended and this morning would inevitably be the lay-in that Kane and I had agreed was most important.  I came to at about 10am, loaded up my laptop and had a little overlook of how the team back home were
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The China Trip Diary: Day 6

Day 6: Goodbye Office. The morning of day 6 was easily our most relaxed at the hotel.  We knew that today would entail just doing a few bits and bobs at the office, catching up with some of the work from the UK.  As usual I was the first up

The China Trip Diary: Day 4

Day 4: Game Day. After just a few hours of sleep, I woke up and my mind instantly focused on the task ahead of us today.  This was the reason we’d flown half way around the world.  To train the domestic sales team who would eventually be selling the social
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The China Trip Diary: Day 3

Day 3: Meeting the Binjiangers. As my eyes slowly explore the possibility of opening, I become aware of the sound of car horns beeping.  My eyes compromise with a half open state as the morning light pours through our window, and I can just about make out the main road

The China Trip Diary: Day 1 & 2

So as you’ll all be aware, Kane and I were invited out to China for a week.  We’ve been inundated with people asking as to why we were out there, what we meant by our vague definition of: ‘on business’.  So, we thought what better way than to reveal what
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What is Sina Weibo?

Sina Weibo. Have you heard of it? No? I would probably be right in assuming that most people haven’t. Perhaps it’s a new band or Man City have just signed him. I mean there’s no chance it’s a social networking site with half a billion users and over a 100