Microblogging in China The website's layout, API, and mode of use was highly similar to Twitter, which was created earlier in 2006. Fanfou's users increased from 0.3 million to 1 million in the first half of 2009. The users included HP China, the "Southern Weekly", artist Ai Weiwei, writer Lian Yue () and TV commentator Liang Wendao (). Some other weibo services, such as Jiwai, Digu, Zuosa and Tencent's Taotao were launched in 2006-2009. After the July 2009 Ürümqi riots, the CPC government shut down most of the domestic weibo services, including Fanfou and Jiwai. Many popular non China-based microblogging services such as
Sina Weibo of Weibo's fully diluted and diluted total shares. The Timeline of Sina Weibo: The First stage: Starting and breaking through (August 2009 - October 2011) The Second stage: The turning point (October 2011 - first half of 2014) The Third stage: Glow the second spring (second half of 2014 - first half of 2017) In August 2009, Sina Weibo was launched; In early 2010, launched the API open platform; In October 2010, launched China's first small talk contest; In November 2010, sina micro-group began to test; In January 2012, the new feature "quiet attention" went online; In January 2013, the