Sina Weibo the domestic microblogging services including the first weibo service Fanfou. Many popular non-China-based microblogging services like Twitter, Facebook, and Plurk have been blocked from viewing since then. Sina's CEO Charles Chao considered this to be an opportunity. SINA Corporation launched the tested version of Sina Weibo on 14 August 2009. Basic functions including message, private message, comment and re-post were made possible in September 2009. A Sina Weibo–compatible API platform for developing third-party applications was launched on 28 July 2010. On 1 December 2010, the website experienced an outage, which administrators later said was due to the increasing numbers of
China Wind music Chou the reputation of '‘Father of China Wind." Leehom Wang is also known for his brand of China Wind music, known as "chinked-out", since 2004. Other factors that contributed to the popularity of China Wind music include the efforts of the Chinese state in building a sense of nationalism, and national pride from the successful 2008 Beijing Olympics. The continued popularity of China Wind music can be attributed to various platforms such as online music platforms (e.g Baidu music, QQ Music, KuGou, XiaMi Music), social media (e.g Sina Weibo, WeChat), live performances of China Wind music and television shows (e.g