Two days after Ma Ying-jeou's successful re-election, Chinese internet users still can't stop talking about Taiwan's 2012 presidential election. On Sina Weibo, China's largest microblogging platform, the election has remained the top trending topic as Chinese netizens look across the Taiwan straits and ponder over their own democratic future. Here is a selection of some of the most viral posts on Sina Weibo on the Taiwan election: more ›

The Beijing municipal government announced new rules yesterday requiring internet users to register on Chinese microblogging platforms with their real names before they are allowed to publish posts. Under the new so-called "Weibo Development and Management Regulations", microblog users would still be able to continue to post under nicknames, but each account can now only be activated if they are first tied to a real identity. Users who do not register within the next three months may find their accounts frozen and unable to publish new posts. more ›

We first saw this Tumblr a few months ago after their first few posts and instantly recognized it as genius. Accidental Chinese Hipsters (subheading: A loving gaze cast upon the grandmother wearing dayglow jeggings and a visor) has now fleshed out their initial few pics and man, there are some winners! Photos come mostly out of Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as some choice characters from American Chinatowns. more ›

Only shortly after a scandal involving the the Red Cross' financial management was uncovered, they have to deal with another scandal. This one involving a bratty rich 20-year-old mini-blogger called "Baby Guo Meimei" (郭美美Baby), openly flaunting all her riches (huge villa, designer handbags, luxury cars and high end cosmetics) on Sina Weibo, China's Twitter. And, she claims to be the general manager of Red Cross Commerce, allegedly a company that handles advertising for the Red Cross on vehicles. more ›

Last Friday, a microblogger posted a receipt from a lunch held for 17 people by the Luwan Shanghai Red Cross totaling 9,859RMB (about $1,500.) Now dubbed the "million dollar meal", the revelation has enraged the public and led to calls for a boycott and an audit of all expenditures made by the organization. Red Cross Shanghai has been quick to ineptly defend itself by clarifying that they are in fact a government body with a government-provided administrative budget that doesn't come from donations. In his almost comical defense (if it weren't so downright enraging), here's Global Times quoting Tian Yongbo, a former publicity officer for Red Cross Shanghai: more ›

Chinese blogger Lian Yue writes on Sina Weibo: "National People's Congress representative Li Danyang says, 'It's imperative to strengthen our management of microblogs. I propose that the nation takes up a series of measures to strengthen the management of the internet and of microblogging services. If possible, we should realise a real-name system for internet forums and microblogs.' As long as Rep Li Danyang can effectively monitor the government, and ensure that netizens will not have a single post deleted, or be arrested, if they speak the truth, I will support her proposal for a real-name system." more ›

Well, this had to happen sometime. In the fallout to the video of US Ambassador Jon Huntsman spotted at the "Jasmine Revolution" protests in Beijing, Chinese internet censors have taken to filtering search results for the Chinese name of the ambassador. more ›

Clear, informative, and to the point, Digicha's 20-page guide to Sina Weibo is super useful for those of you still coming to terms with your Chinese microblogging account. more ›

On February 2, a four-year-old boy was kidnapped in Fujian province. The next day, a post appeared on a anti-trafficking weibo (micro-blogging) account describing the child and asking for help: more ›

According to Shanghai Daily, massively popular microblogging platforms like Sina and Sohu are quickly becoming the best new way to find love in China. So guys, you can forget texting, calling or god forbid talking to the girl. Now you can find true love in three simple steps: 1) locate female 2) lurk 3) initiate contact. more ›

The picture to the right shows a kidnapped young boy called Yang Weixin. He was taken from his home in Quanzhou, Fujian on July, 20, 2009. His parents have been earnestly searching for him for a heartbreaking past 2 years. Their search was nothing but a series of dead ends until one day his mother found a photo of him online begging. more ›

Unsurprisingly, the Chinese government has censored much of the material available online about the uprising. more ›

The number of China's Internet users have reached 360 million, says ChinaTechNews - a pretty darn sizable market that has attracted considerable attention (and you know, a thousand internet-addiction camp proprietors). more ›