Right now, nearly everyone in China are familiar with Weibo (Chinese Twitter) and Renren (Chinese Facebook), however, these two tools might not as popular as before. In another words, people could live without it. Because people addict to Wechat.
This article introduce this interesting phenomena.
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It's very interesting to see how freedom of speech is restricted in other countries. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteIt's not a interesting at not. Imagine you live in a country not allow you to use Twitter and Facebook. The most disgusting things is that you cannot use many Google application like Google Drive, Blogger. The last things is you cannot even use YouTube, hell not, I even cannot imagine the live when I back to China.
DeleteThanks for sharing the article! My husband is a frequent user of Wechat to communicate with his brother back in Malaysia. I prefer Whatsapp and have my family in a group to keep updated with each other.
ReplyDeleteThat's a really interesting article. I think it's very intriguing that a more private application such as Wechat is becoming more popular than Facebook or Twitter. Thanks for sharing this article with us!
ReplyDeleteWe have a visiting scholar from China who focuses on Chinese social media tools coming this fall. I can't wait to learn from him.
ReplyDeleteWow, is the visiting scholar middle-age? If yes, he/she might know less than you expected? By the way, if necessary, I can provide many information about Chinese emerging social media tools to you and our classmates.
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