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Get Connected: Why Are Foreign Dignitaries Increasingly Turning to Weibo?

Get Connected: Why Are Foreign Dignitaries Increasingly Turning to Weibo?

May 23, 2012By eChinacities.com

The following article was translated and edited from an article that appeared in Beijing Youth Daily. It discusses the growing presence of foreign dignitaries on China's Weibo (microblogging) platform.
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