Want China Times, Staff Reporter 2013-07-25
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Sina Weibo's homepage, with new Facebook link, upper right. (Internet photo) |
Sina Weibo,
China's equivalent of Twitter, has begun allowing internet users to log in
through Facebook and share their Weibo messages, videos and pictures onto the
popular social platform.
The move
made the microblog service the first major social networking site in China to
work with Facebook, although the site is barred from access by the government's
infamous firewall. Sina Weibo has begun offering the service on desktop
computers and will launch a version for Android and iOS in the near future.
Users can also invite their friends on Facebook to open a Sina Weibo account.
The website
connects seamlessly with Facebook's developer platform Graph API so that users
can now share their messages, videos and pictures on both Sina Weibo and
Facebook. They can also share the TV shows and music they watched and listened
and their location on both websites.
a Weibo
has 530 million registered users around the world, according to its latest
financial report. Its Hong Kong division has recently partnered up with local
Octopus Cards Limited, which offers a stored value smart card service. Hong
Kong users will be able to claim a HK$10 (US$1.2)and HK$100 (US$12) reward if
they open Sina Weibo accounts and invite friends to the website before Aug. 11.
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