Every year in China around 20000 children are abducted by organised crime syndicates. Most are never heard of again. Yet anxious parents will do whatever they can to find their missing children – going heavily into debt in the process. Now, some are embracing the social media phenomenon of ‘micro-blogging’ — hoping it will help them be reunited with their lost children. China Correspondent Huey Fern Tay reports. ]]> http://www.microblogging.asia/2012/04/24/micro-blogging-hope-for-chinas-missing-children---australia-networks-newsline.html/feed 0 http://www.microblogging.asia/2012/03/10/my-microblogging-service-interconnections.html http://www.microblogging.asia/2012/03/10/my-microblogging-service-interconnections.html#comments Sun, 11 Mar 2012 03:45:59 +0000 MicroBlogging http://www.microblogging.asia/?page_id=257

For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me Microblogging—one of the very few outlets Chinese citizens have been using to freely speak their minds—is probably not so ’safe’ anymore. The Chinese regime put into effect new policies that will allow them to monitor bloggers more. On Friday, the Chinese regime implemented new policies that will require microbloggers to register with their real names. They can still have screen names, but before posting a comment, they must give administrators their personal information. According to state-run CCTV, the new rules will help prevent the spreading of “Information about state secrets, information damaging national security and interests, and instigating ethnic resentment, discrimination or illegal rallies that disrupt law and order.” They’re referring to rallies such as the one in April, when about 30 bloggers demonstrated outside a court in Fuzhou City. They were protesting the arrest of three bloggers facing slander charges for helping an illiterate woman to pressure authorities to reinvestigate her daughter’s death. One of those rallying is a popular Internet activist, Wang Lihong. He’s spending the next nine months in prison on the vague charge of “creating a disturbance.” China has more Internet users than the rest of the world—485 million. Controlling what those millions are saying online has been a major challenge for the Chinese regime. The new policies are … ]]> http://www.microblogging.asia/2012/03/10/the-end-of-anonymous-microblogging-in-china.html/feed 0 http://www.microblogging.asia/2012/01/25/digitalks-21042009.html http://www.microblogging.asia/2012/01/25/digitalks-21042009.html#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:40:59 +0000 MicroBlogging http://www.microblogging.asia/?page_id=255

Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com Like us on FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com In news-censored mainland China, the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) controls information. Many can only guess the state of disasters. Microblogging platforms are quickly becoming a channel for rare, real facts. On August 3, the CCP’s mouthpiece media, CCTV questioned whether microblogging misinforms people about the crash, and accused microblogging of sending out false messages. Netizens believe it to be a sign that the CCP is trying to attack microblogging. “Godfather, godmother and daughter; Red mansion, Red Songs and the Red Cross; “Speedy train, moving people and spirits; Iron face, iron heart and Ministry of Railways.” The scroll reads “No Truth.” These are the recent rapidly spreading microblogging couplets. They mock officials’ mismanagement of the train crash and the corruption in Red Cross. Netizens express their anger in doggerels, so as to avoid immediate deletion from online forums. In just a few years, microblogging has become a new kind of network media, and a useful tool for public information. How fast is microblogging? Four minutes after the train crash, A Netizen Yuan Xiaoyuan who was on the train blogged: “D301 train crashed in Wenzhou.” A sudden emergency stop and then two big crashes! All the power is off! I am in the last carriage.” This message was two hours quicker than China’s mainland “news agency.” Li Tianxiao, Columbia University Ph.D. in political science: “This time the … ]]> http://www.microblogging.asia/2012/01/25/microblogging-attacked.html/feed 0 http://www.microblogging.asia/2011/12/11/digitalks-21042009.html http://www.microblogging.asia/2011/12/11/digitalks-21042009.html#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:35:59 +0000 MicroBlogging http://www.microblogging.asia/?page_id=253

For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ me.lt At a recent cyber conference in China, the CEO of a popular microblogging service said his company is developing ways to monitor blog posts. The move has led to widespread criticism. It comes as Chinese authorities have indicated that they will take a tougher stance on censoring social media. At the recent Tech Crash Disrupt conference, Pony Ma, the CEO of Tencent—the company behind the QQ microblogging service—stated that his company is developing a way to monitor users’ blog posts. Ma says this was at the request of the Chinese regime and the Chinese public. It’s designed to stop the spreading of false information. Yet many analysts believe this is simply to protect the Chinese regime. [Sun Wenguang, Former Shandong University Professor]: “This so called ‘false information’ is precisely the scandalous actions of the Communist authorities that people expose (on microblogs). They say it is false to protect the Communist authorities. In fact those who need to start rumors or who need to create false information are certain officials. The public really wants to know the truth.” Former media professional and blogger himself Zhao Lianhai says the move will harm Tencent’s reputation. [Zhao Lianhai, Former Media Professional, Tencent Blogger]: “Until now people have mostly approved of Tencent’s blogging service, and think that Tencent, as a company, upholds certain … ]]> http://www.microblogging.asia/2011/12/11/microblog-qq-faces-increased-censorship-in-china.html/feed 0 http://www.microblogging.asia/2011/10/27/yibo-microblogging-clients-micro-blog-aggregation-platform-v194.html http://www.microblogging.asia/2011/10/27/yibo-microblogging-clients-micro-blog-aggregation-platform-v194.html#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:40:59 +0000 MicroBlogging http://www.microblogging.asia/?page_id=251

YiBo microblogging clients (micro-blog aggregation platform) v1.9.4 ]]> http://www.microblogging.asia/2011/10/27/yibo-microblogging-clients-micro-blog-aggregation-platform-v194.html/feed 0 http://www.microblogging.asia/2011/10/27/gwibber-230.html http://www.microblogging.asia/2011/10/27/gwibber-230.html#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:30:59 +0000 MicroBlogging http://www.microblogging.asia/?page_id=250