Microblogging in China been arrested and controlled by the Chinese government, is one of the most active Chinese microbloggers on Twitter. Twitter users include Chinese nationals, who participated in, or led, the Chinese democracy movement that took place on June 4, 1989, such as Liu Xiaobo, the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner and a political prisoner in China. Microblogging services such as PornToot are also banned in China due to their lack of censorship. Weibo's most significant competition is rival microblogging service, WeChat, as of 2014 the country's leading messaging application. Below is an alphabetical list of notable China-based microblogging/weibo services: Microblogging in
What Is a Nation? What Is a Nation? "What is a Nation?" ("Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?") is an 1882 lecture by French historian Ernest Renan (1823–1892), known for the statements that a nation is "a daily referendum", and that nations are based as much on what the people jointly forget, as what they remember. It is frequently quoted or anthologized in works of history or political science pertaining to nationalism and national identity. Renan wrote "What is a Nation" in order to symbolize the nationalism which was born in France as a result of the French Revolution of 1789. Renan begins his essay by noting