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
Sina Weibo religious figures, government departments, and officials from Hong Kong, Mainland China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Macau, as well as some famous foreign individuals and organizations, including Kevin Rudd, Boris Johnson, David Cameron, Narendra Modi, Toshiba, and the German national football team. Like Twitter, Sina Weibo has a verification program for known people and organizations. Once an account is verified, a verification badge is added beside the account name. Sina Weibo implements many features from Twitter. A user may post with a 140-character limit, mention or talk to other people using "@UserName" formatting, add hashtags with "#HashName#" formatting, follow other users