Censorship in China the new Internet regulations passed under General Secretary Xi Jinping's administration. These arrests served as an example to the rest of the "Big V's" as well as other Chinese internet users to be careful of what they expressed online; in fact, even five months after these arrests in August, there was a noticeable decrease in the amount of posts and discussions from prominent online figures. On popular microblogging site Weibo, opinion leaders decreased their posts by around 40% from the previous year. By 2015, instances of censored posts from popular Weibo accounts included messages that were only mildly critical of
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