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
What A Place! What A Place! What A Place! is a bilingual children's picture book written by Lana Sultan and illustrated by Xu Wendi written in both English and Mandarin. It was published in April 1, 2016 in Beijing, China by Daylight Publishing House (天天出版社). "What A Place!" is Lana's fifth book. "What A Place!" is about a little girl's yearlong journey throughout the city of Beijing, as she enjoys the city's sights, sounds, and festivities. The book was featured as a full page spread in the June 10, 2016 Holiday Edition issue of China Daily; which has the widest print circulation of