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Last post: 4 weeks ago | Thread started: Aug 1, 12, 9:08 a.m.

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• citizen_h

  Question to you folks currently in China. Is facebook and Twitter used in China or do they other social media tools?

  Cheers

  Aug 1, 12, 9:08 a.m. – Permalink

• yurimon

  I think twitter is filtered content. I forgot whats the deal about facebook because you always hear in the news that china shuts them down then reinstates, hard to keep up...

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 12, 9:10 a.m. – Permalink

• pango

  not facebook for sure.

  • got a friend in HK using it...unless mainland is no no– Laurent1/2

    Mainland china and HK is different.– pango2/2

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 12, 9:10 a.m. – Permalink

• pango

  they do have their own social media. can't remember what it's called...

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 12, 9:11 a.m. – Permalink

• Laurent

  twitter can't be seen I think as sais above - FB good though.

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 12, 9:14 a.m. – Permalink

• bjladams

  was in jinghong and kunming not to long ago and facebook worked fine- but couldn't access twitter.
  i've got family and friends living close to chengdu that all say facebook works great -

  • *not too long ago– bjladams

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 12, 9:21 a.m. – Permalink

• nb

  I have a friend in Shanghai using FB. Are you asking if it's available or if it's popular?

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 12, 10:19 a.m. – Permalink

• mydo

  weibo

  • <– pango

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 12, 10:21 a.m. – Permalink

• mydo

  facebook twitter youtube etc are all banned.
  even google images doesn't work. but a proxy is only $60 a year and all the expats have one. www.astrill.com

  most chinese have access to a proxy, but don't bother using them, as most of the content they want isn't blocked.

  including weibo....

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 12, 10:25 a.m. – Permalink

• mydo

  weibo is incredible and incredibly popular, like twitter, only 140 characters is up to 100 words, so you can say a lot more. you can also post pictures.

  now the government can't cover things up any more. a recent train crash that was covered up, was public knowledge to millions of people within a few hours. government officials have been fired (or worse). it's changed the country massively.

  and much the same as twitter and facebook, 90% of the content is about what people are eating, memes, and pets. (though much much less about getting drunk)

  • You mean to say, "The government will have a much more difficult time trying to cover things up."– nb1/2

    they use it to their advantage too. very clever.– mydo2/2

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 12, 10:29 a.m. – Permalink

• mydo

  http://weibo.com/
  use google chrome to auto translate.
  it may not make much sense as much of the posts are slang

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 12, 10:32 a.m. – Permalink

• BaskerviIle

  • < so interesting.– mydo

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 12, 10:34 a.m. – Permalink

• jonny_quest_lives

  When I was there on business last year my hotel wifi was able to access both Facebook and Twitter. I think it depends on where you stay. I was in Dongguan which is one of the larger factory cities.

  

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  Dog-earAug 1, 12, 11:02 a.m. – Permalink

• Kiko

  no facebook, twitter, picasa, flikr, blogger, or user generated content sites (unless you use VPN, which you have to acquire when out of the country ans those are blocked too ).

  

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  Dog-earAug 2, 12, 8:32 p.m. – Permalink

• e_p

  i use fb but thru vpn
  i use soku.com [for videos, movies, songs] or youku.com [for videos] or 56.com [for movies]instead of youtube
  i use mp3.baidu.com for music
  i still never in my life been to twitter
  blogspot, wordpress is blocked.. but with vpn is usable

  only recently about a month ago did i start using vpn, b4 that i used the above..

  qbn is not blocked.

  • chick of the day is a bit patchy without a VPN though!– mydo1/2

    imgur and hellokisses work fine without vpn, but everything else was a blank screen.– e_p2/2

  

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  Dog-earAug 2, 12, 9:18 p.m. – Permalink

• mydo

  • sound not required. :)– mydo

  

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  Dog-earAug 3, 12, 1:24 a.m. – Permalink

• ohhhhhsnap

  http://www.cdsavoia.com/#/artist…

  

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  Dog-earApr 24, 13, 10:20 p.m. – Permalink