Human Rights Activists Radiohead Launches Page on China's Weibo
Not very much can be viewed on the site yet. The English alternative rock band simply posted a single message that reads: "Testing the weibo". All due respect, the band’s account has been confirmed to be genuine by Sina.com. The authenticity of the celebrity status also checks with the 'weibo'. The new account has more than 40,000 followers as of today.
British rock band Radiohead launched a blog in China, even though the group has been publicly critical of the country’s human rights record in the past. According to various news sites such as Yahoo, the band recently launched a page on the ‘weibo’ site of Chinese internet portal Sina.com. “Weibo” translates exactly as “micro blog” and is the Chinese-equivalent of Twitter.
Not very much can be viewed on the site yet. The English alternative rock band simply posted a single message that reads: “Testing the weibo”.
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