Twitter vs. China's No.1 Microblog: What Twitter should learn from Sina Weibo – Tech-Web

offbeatchina.com — No one can give a definite answer to the question of whether Twitter can be a huge success in China, like in other places around the world. But from a comparison between Twitter and China’s most popular microblogging service Sina Weibo, we can at least say that Twitter has a lot to learn from its Chinese copycat in terms of user experience, social elements and content navigation.

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Twitter vs. China's No.1 Microblog: What Twitter should learn from Sina Weibo

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