Microblogging in China 2010, it had been, respectively, 13.8% and 15.5%. In July 2009, Chinese microblogs were severely curtailed when most of the domestic weibo services such as Fanfou were shut down. But it brought the birth of others, such as Tencent Weibo and Sina Weibo, operated by large Chinese Internet companies. Sohu Weibo and NetEase Weibo were suspended in July 2010 under the order of the Chinese administrators. Weibo is now operated as a "beta version", enabling the user to circumvent prohibition. Due to the Internet censorship in China, all of the China-based weibo services are now controlled by various self-censorship policies
Sina Weibo new "close friend" function enhanced the private social circle; In February 2013, the company reported total revenue of about 66 million us dollars, with more than 500 million registered users and 46.2 million daily active users; In April 2013, Alibaba acquired an 18% stake in Sina Weibo; In August 2013, Sina Weibo Taobao was launched to realize account sharing; In March 2014, sina weibo was renamed "weibo"; In April 2014, weibo was listed on Nasdaq; In November 2016, the 140-character limit for the release of the publisher was limited to less than 2,000 words; In December 2016, Sina Weibo posted