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Sina Weibo, released in 2009, is a Chinese microblogging platform and mobile application. The platform is, in essence, a hybrid between Twitter and Facebook. Weibo’s rise to prominence partly stemmed from China’s Great Firewall: a combination of legislative measures and technological restrictions which prevent access to western information sources including Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Wikipedia, …

Canada’s Chinese Marketing Landscape: Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter [Part 4] Read More »

When it comes to international markets, China has proven to be one of the most lucrative, but also one of the most highly regulated and controlled. All domestic or international companies are subject to strict laws that were restated in September 2015 to protect consumers from hyperbolic advertising claims. The Advertising Law of the People’s …

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