微博時代來臨

So far, Sina Micro-Blog has been leading the market in China.?

據《京華時報》報道，中國的微博用戶有望于年底達到7500萬，同去年的800萬相比，增長837.5%。預計到2012年，這一數字將達2.4億。到目前為止，中國微博市場仍是新浪微博占領先地位。盡管中國境內尚不能使用Twitter，世界上有很多國家領導人卻很喜歡這種新鮮的微博。美國《華爾街日報》稱，俄羅斯總統梅德韋杰夫親自使用Twitter，雖然發言不多，但他很喜歡貼照片。美國總統奧巴馬也使用Twitter，但并不親自寫帖，甚至連朝鮮領導人也是Twitter上的62位首腦之一。不過，Twitter上最活躍的領導人當數拉丁美洲，共有9位總統和總理在Twitter上互相關注，其中查韋斯最善談。

強行乞討硬塞廣告將禁

據《沈陽晚報》消息，沈陽從即日起從嚴整治市容市貌。根據規定，強行乞討者將面臨拘留處罰。發現有未成年人相伴乞討的，將現場取證，若二者無血緣關系且未成年人來歷不明，公安機關將深入調查，對存在的拐賣、拐騙行為進行嚴厲打擊。該規定還禁止沿街強行發放小廣告。

唐駿辯稱學歷未造假

據《廣州日報》報道，經過5個月的沉寂后，12月10日，新華都集團總裁唐駿在新浪微博上否認偽造博士學歷，但他同時也委婉表示，自己在學歷上的不透明引起了這場紛爭。3個半小時后，以打擊偽科學和學術造假著稱的方舟子則在自己的微博上回應說，唐駿拒不認錯完全是一種無賴行為。

康師傅漲價 家樂福斷貨

據《重慶晚報》報道，康師傅11月初宣布方便面漲價10%，遭到了家樂福中國門店的抵制。因此康師傅對家樂福采取了斷貨方式，致使康師傅方便面在門店脫銷。雙方就此事一直在談判，不過目前仍未達成協議。

刷票成網絡黑色產業

據《廣州日報》報道，如今，職業刷票公司靠著為某些人提供動態IP地址、助其操縱網絡投票而獲取利益，顧客花500元就可以購得5萬選票。有些公司甚至將專門開發的投票軟件賣給客戶，讓他們自己刷票。

Mircoblogging grows in popularity

The number of Chinese microblog users is expected to hit 75 million by the end of this year, rising by 838 percent from 8 million last year, the Beijing Times reported. It was also estimated that the number will reach 240 million by 2012. So far, Sina Micro-Blog has been leading the market in China. While Twitter is not available within China, many world leaders love the pioneering mircoblog, the Wall Street Journal reported. The Russian president uses Twitter personally, though he doesn't like to say too much, he does like to post pictures. The US president uses Twitter but doesn't write them himself. Even the North Korean leadership uses it -- one of 62 world leaders on Twitter. Latin America is the most active in Twitter usage with nine presidents and premiers following each other; Hugo Chavez is the chattiest.

Persistent beggars to be detained

Shenyang is implementing stricter rules on urban management and will detain persistent beggars, the Shenyang Evening News reported. Minors accompanying beggars will be checked to confirm if there is any family relation. If there is no relation and the children's details are unknown, police will investigate into possible child abduction and trafficking. The rules also ban the practice of forcing pedestrians to accept advertisement circulars.

Tang Jun claims innocence

After five months of silence, Tang Jun, CEO of Xin Hua Du Industrial Group Co., who has been accused of forging his doctoral degree, pronounced his innocence on his Sina.com micro blog on Dec. 10, the Guangzhou Daily reported. He admitted that the dispute arose because he was not transparent enough regarding his academic qualifications. Three and a half hours later, Fang Zhouzi, the man who is famous for battling against what he sees as pseudoscience and academic misconduct, responded on his own micro blog that Tang's refusal of acknowledging fraud made him a scoundrel.

Master Kong gone from Carrefour

Carrefour in China denied a 10-percent price hike request by instant noodle giant Master Kong in early November, which resulted in the latter's cut of supply, and the subsequent unavailability of its products in Carrefour stores, the Chongqing Evening News reported. The two sides have been negotiating, but no agreement has been reached.

Buying online votes

Professional polling companies are making money by providing dynamic IP addresses that will allow individuals to manipulate vote totals in online polling, the Guangzhou Daily reported. 50,000 votes cost 500 yuan. Some companies also sell specially developed polling software that customers can use to add votes themselves.

(China.org.cn December 14, 2010)