Weibo swept China‘s network

Since 2009, "Weibo"--the Chinese twitter--has become a super star on China's network. As the first website to launch "Weibo", Sina micro-blogging is the most popular platform for sharing information among Chinese netizens.  I didn't get to know about Weibo until 2010, since I was a nerd. But micro-blogging is becoming so popular in China that whenever I visited Chinese websites or read online news, I could not escape the word "Weibo." Everyday, my friends in China would ask me "Did you weibo today?" When I visited Chinese websites, I was surprised to see that the netizens had already voted for the queen of Weibo online. Her name is Chen Yao, and she happens to be one of my favorite Chinese actresses.  I am so impressed by Weibo's popularity in China today.

I started playing Weibo at the end of 2010 when I purchased my first Ipod touch, and I fell in love with it immediately. I was amazed by its rich information and the personalized environment where I can choose to follow whoever I am interested in. I found many of my friends on Weibo, and I followed some celebrities who I admire. There is no doubt that the Chinese version of Twitter has been a success in this land, and surprisingly, it had endowed a uniqueness in China that can't be found on twitter in the U.S. which is the great power of connection. I would love to discuss Weibo's power in my future posts. But now, I would like to share a video that gives us a common sense of Chinese micro-blogging's popularity and great social influence: 

Weibo becomes powerful media CCTV news