China is home to one of the world’s largest and most active social media populations, with over1 billion internet usersand more than900 million social media users. As a result, Chinese social media platforms have become a critical tool for businesses looking to engage with Chinese consumers an...
China is the world's largest social media market with highly engaged and mobile-savvy users. Its market composition varies considerably from the rest of the world. Due to the “Great Firewall” of China, as the Chinese government’s internet censorship project is commonly called, Facebook, ...
China is the world's largest social media market with highly engaged and mobile-savvy users. However, its digital ecosystem is unlike any other. Due to the “Great Firewall” of China, as the Chinese government’s internet censorship project is commonly called, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and...
This paper studies how social media affects the dynamics of protests and strikes in China during 2009鈥7. Based on 13.2 billion microblog posts, we use tweets and retweets to measure social media communication across cities and exploit its rapid expansion for identification. We find that, despite...
Public spherePublic spaceWeibo is a Chinese invented social media platform integrating key features of Facebook and Twitter,which make it a seemingly freer channel for individual to individual communication,so bypassing the gaze of authority.It has been extolled by its supporters as offering a vital...
However, only a few studies have examined the ways in which specific actions on various social media platforms are correlated with health behaviors. The objective of this study was to examine the association between social media use and HIV testing behaviors among Chinese men who have sex with ...
: Trending hashtag on Chinese social media Due to the resemblance of the pronunciation of “520 (wǔ èr líng) or 521 (wǔ èr yī)” and “我爱你, wǒ ài nǐ”, which directly translates to “I love you” in English. It has become a growing trend for people in China to use ...
The combination of social media and celebrities like Wang Yuan, a 16-year-old singer and Internet sensation, have been crucial to the success of the campaign. "It's a great thing when we have role models online, who are interested in the quality of society and things like the SDGs," sa...
Social Media is connecting the world in a way no other technology has before. People around the world are connected to one platform or another, and check in or post almost every day. From the birth of a royal baby to what's happening on the ground in Syria, we can receive live updates...
Kaifeng, an ancient city in Central China's Henan Province, has become another trending tourist destination in the country thanks to social media. Recently, a blind date event called "Wang Po matchmaking" held in the scenic spot at Kaifeng Wansui Mountai