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NBA All-Star Game 2012: Social Media on Steroids

By Matt Qualman | February 25, 2012

Although the NBA All-Star game will have a large broadcast audience (215 countries), it is Social Media that will have the enormous reach.  For example in China, last year the NBA had 1 million following them on Social Media, this year they already have 41 million (thanks Jeremy Lin!).  Putting their total reach on Twitter at roughly 200 million followers.  … Read the rest

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Ten Statistical Facts from China You Didn’t Know

By Stephanie Kopf | February 1, 2012

The largest bank in China, based on total assets, is the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. That’s to get important financial information out of the way. In 2010, China’s fish production amounted to 9.87 million metric tons. Aside from a drop in 2005 and 2007, it’s been on the rise. According to a survey by KPMG, Pfizer lead the market share of internatio… Read the rest

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China Blocks LinkedIn

By Erik Qualman | March 1, 2011

While China blocked Google, Facebook, Twitter and others, LinkedIn quietly remained unscathed.  That was until Thursday when China blocked the social business networking site.  The China block was in reaction to user Jasmine Z calling herself a “critical dissent dying for democracy, freedom and justice in my homeland” and set up a LinkedI… Read the rest

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China Social Media: 6 Critical Sites

By Erik Qualman | February 16, 2011

Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google and others are blocked in China. Roughly 30% of China (1.3 billion) is online vs. roughly 75% in the U.S. This equals 390 million Chinese online, more than the entire U.S. population (310 million). 6 Important Chinese Sites: Weibo: The Twitter of China. China blocked Twitter and other micro-blog technology (Fanfou.com… Read the rest

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