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
The Voice of China (season 1) remaining artists compete against each other, and the voting system is the same with the second round. The artist with the highest number of votes is the team champion and will advance to the finals. The season finale aired on Sunday, September 30, 2012 which took place at Shanghai Stadium in Shanghai, China. Bruce Liang 梁博 was named the winner. On finale night, Adam performed a duet with "Voice" contestant Zhang Wei 张玮 off his hit song, Whataya Want From Me which exploded with praise on Sina Weibo, China's Twitter-like service. The Voice of China (season 1) The first season