微博時(shí)代來(lái)臨

So far, Sina Micro-Blog has been leading the market in China.?

據(jù)《京華時(shí)報(bào)》報(bào)道，中國(guó)的微博用戶有望于年底達(dá)到7500萬(wàn)，同去年的800萬(wàn)相比，增長(zhǎng)837.5%。預(yù)計(jì)到2012年，這一數(shù)字將達(dá)2.4億。到目前為止，中國(guó)微博市場(chǎng)仍是新浪微博占領(lǐng)先地位。盡管中國(guó)境內(nèi)尚不能使用Twitter，世界上有很多國(guó)家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人卻很喜歡這種新鮮的微博。美國(guó)《華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)》稱，俄羅斯總統(tǒng)梅德韋杰夫親自使用Twitter，雖然發(fā)言不多，但他很喜歡貼照片。美國(guó)總統(tǒng)奧巴馬也使用Twitter，但并不親自寫帖，甚至連朝鮮領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人也是Twitter上的62位首腦之一。不過(guò)，Twitter上最活躍的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人當(dāng)數(shù)拉丁美洲，共有9位總統(tǒng)和總理在Twitter上互相關(guān)注，其中查韋斯最善談。

強(qiáng)行乞討硬塞廣告將禁

據(jù)《沈陽(yáng)晚報(bào)》消息，沈陽(yáng)從即日起從嚴(yán)整治市容市貌。根據(jù)規(guī)定，強(qiáng)行乞討者將面臨拘留處罰。發(fā)現(xiàn)有未成年人相伴乞討的，將現(xiàn)場(chǎng)取證，若二者無(wú)血緣關(guān)系且未成年人來(lái)歷不明，公安機(jī)關(guān)將深入調(diào)查，對(duì)存在的拐賣、拐騙行為進(jìn)行嚴(yán)厲打擊。該規(guī)定還禁止沿街強(qiáng)行發(fā)放小廣告。

唐駿辯稱學(xué)歷未造假

據(jù)《廣州日?qǐng)?bào)》報(bào)道，經(jīng)過(guò)5個(gè)月的沉寂后，12月10日，新華都集團(tuán)總裁唐駿在新浪微博上否認(rèn)偽造博士學(xué)歷，但他同時(shí)也委婉表示，自己在學(xué)歷上的不透明引起了這場(chǎng)紛爭(zhēng)。3個(gè)半小時(shí)后，以打擊偽科學(xué)和學(xué)術(shù)造假著稱的方舟子則在自己的微博上回應(yīng)說(shuō)，唐駿拒不認(rèn)錯(cuò)完全是一種無(wú)賴行為。

康師傅漲價(jià) 家樂(lè)福斷貨

據(jù)《重慶晚報(bào)》報(bào)道，康師傅11月初宣布方便面漲價(jià)10%，遭到了家樂(lè)福中國(guó)門店的抵制。因此康師傅對(duì)家樂(lè)福采取了斷貨方式，致使康師傅方便面在門店脫銷。雙方就此事一直在談判，不過(guò)目前仍未達(dá)成協(xié)議。

刷票成網(wǎng)絡(luò)黑色產(chǎn)業(yè)

據(jù)《廣州日?qǐng)?bào)》報(bào)道，如今，職業(yè)刷票公司靠著為某些人提供動(dòng)態(tài)IP地址、助其操縱網(wǎng)絡(luò)投票而獲取利益，顧客花500元就可以購(gòu)得5萬(wàn)選票。有些公司甚至將專門開發(fā)的投票軟件賣給客戶，讓他們自己刷票。

Mircoblogging grows in popularity

The number of Chinese microblog users is expected to hit 75 million by the end of this year, rising by 838 percent from 8 million last year, the Beijing Times reported. It was also estimated that the number will reach 240 million by 2012. So far, Sina Micro-Blog has been leading the market in China. While Twitter is not available within China, many world leaders love the pioneering mircoblog, the Wall Street Journal reported. The Russian president uses Twitter personally, though he doesn't like to say too much, he does like to post pictures. The US president uses Twitter but doesn't write them himself. Even the North Korean leadership uses it -- one of 62 world leaders on Twitter. Latin America is the most active in Twitter usage with nine presidents and premiers following each other; Hugo Chavez is the chattiest.

Persistent beggars to be detained

Shenyang is implementing stricter rules on urban management and will detain persistent beggars, the Shenyang Evening News reported. Minors accompanying beggars will be checked to confirm if there is any family relation. If there is no relation and the children's details are unknown, police will investigate into possible child abduction and trafficking. The rules also ban the practice of forcing pedestrians to accept advertisement circulars.

Tang Jun claims innocence

After five months of silence, Tang Jun, CEO of Xin Hua Du Industrial Group Co., who has been accused of forging his doctoral degree, pronounced his innocence on his Sina.com micro blog on Dec. 10, the Guangzhou Daily reported. He admitted that the dispute arose because he was not transparent enough regarding his academic qualifications. Three and a half hours later, Fang Zhouzi, the man who is famous for battling against what he sees as pseudoscience and academic misconduct, responded on his own micro blog that Tang's refusal of acknowledging fraud made him a scoundrel.

Master Kong gone from Carrefour

Carrefour in China denied a 10-percent price hike request by instant noodle giant Master Kong in early November, which resulted in the latter's cut of supply, and the subsequent unavailability of its products in Carrefour stores, the Chongqing Evening News reported. The two sides have been negotiating, but no agreement has been reached.

Buying online votes

Professional polling companies are making money by providing dynamic IP addresses that will allow individuals to manipulate vote totals in online polling, the Guangzhou Daily reported. 50,000 votes cost 500 yuan. Some companies also sell specially developed polling software that customers can use to add votes themselves.

(China.org.cn December 14, 2010)