China Social Network News, Trends & Insights

News, trends and insights of social networking websites in China.

Chinese Social Networking Sites Dominated by Local Players

There is an excellent write up on Techcrunch by guys at Web2Asia, which can get you up to speed on China social networking sites. Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) have long played the dominating role in Chinese Internet life and still continue to be one of the most popular online platforms for social interaction. Registered user [...]

Tencent’s QZone Shows Great Social Networking Potential

According to a report Tencent published a week ago, its QZone’s monthly active users have achieved over 200 million, claiming to be the biggest social networking site in the world (Facebook: 175 million monthly active users). What is Qzone? Wiki provides a good description: Qzone is an individual personality’s space, which is created by Tencent [...]