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Tencent Launched Social Networking Site: “Friends”

July 12, 2010
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Tencent last week launched a new social networking website in China called “Peng You” which means “Friends” in English. Pengyou clearly targets two groups of audience, “students” and “white collar workers”. At first login, users will be asked to select which group they belong to: The “students” SNS features come from Tencent’s previous product called [...]

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China’s Top 5 Social Networking Sites Compared

April 20, 2010
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Hope this chart gives you a better idea of the top five social networking websites in China.

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China SNS Users Totaled 124 Million

April 13, 2010

AppLeap, a social media application consulting firm, released their 2010 report on social media gaming. According to the report, China social networking websites have a total number of 124 million users. 20% chose SNS for online gaming; 34% SNS users login every day.

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Huawei Launched SNS AiMi for the White Collar

May 9, 2009

Huawei has expanded into online social networking business by launching AiMi, another SNS targeting the white collar.

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China Mobile Opens 139.com Social Network to the Public

May 6, 2009

Now, all China Mobile users can register at 139.com. Users currently can manage and send their SMS messages, manage contact book, use free online storage, and play online games. 139.com also provides unlimited email storage.

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Chinese Social Networking Sites Dominated by Local Players

April 7, 2009

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 [...]

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Tencent’s QZone Shows Great Social Networking Potential

February 26, 2009

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 [...]

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