Sina says quarterly profit triples
(AP) Sina Corp., which operates a popular Chinese Internet portal, said Thursday its quarterly earnings tripled but cautioned that its fast-growing Weibo microblog service is unlikely to produce...
View ArticleNature's misfits: Reclassifying protists helps us understand how many species...
Since the Victorian era, categorizing the natural world has challenged scientists. No group has presented a challenge as tricky as the protists, the tiny, complex life forms that are neither plants nor...
View ArticleScientists reclassify eukaryotic microorganisms
One of the biggest scientific challenges is the classification of the natural world, especially the protists, which are eukaryotic microorganisms. While the classification proposed by Sina Adl et al....
View ArticleAt Mao-style conclave, China embraces Twitter age
(AP)—During China's last party congress, the cadres in charge of the world's most populous nation didn't know a hashtag from a hyperlink. But five years on, there's a new message from Beijing: The...
View ArticleChinese portal Sina says profits tumble
(AP)—Chinese portal Sina Corp.'s quarterly profit tumbled 75 percent on relatively small revenue for its microblog service.
View ArticleBeijing residents bemoan smog and sandstorms
Beijing residents were urged to stay indoors Thursday as pollution levels soared before a sandstorm brought further misery to China's capital.
View ArticleMystery of the Chinese zombie Yalies
(AP)—U.S. universities have responded to China's exploding demand for American higher education with branch campuses and aggressive recruiting. Now, some are trying to boost their brands by casting...
View ArticleMovie website access delights China netizens
Movie fans in China Thursday welcomed a popular film website being unblocked by censors, but it was unclear whether the move suggested any wider relaxation in the country's tightly-controlled media.
View ArticleStudy shows just how fast censorship can occur in social media
(Phys.org) —An analysis of censorship patterns on the Twitter-like Chinese social media service called Weibo gives the clearest picture yet of how the site's operator, Sina Weibo, finds and deletes...
View ArticleAlibaba buys $586 mn stake in China's Sina Weibo
Chinese online retail giant Alibaba has struck a deal to buy a $586 million stake in popular Chinese social network site Sina Weibo amid rumours that it is preparing for a stock market listing.
View ArticleChina social media hailed after official toppled
Chinese state media hailed the power of the Internet Monday after a probe was launched into a top state planner following an online expose, making him the most senior official toppled by social media.
View ArticleAt least 10 dead as record heatwave hits Shanghai
More than 10 people have died in China's commercial hub Shanghai, a local health official said Wednesday as the city grapples with its highest temperatures in at least 140 years.
View ArticleNew iPhone 5C 'too costly for China': analysts, users (Update)
Apple's lower-cost iPhone 5C will retail for more than $700 in China, putting it out of reach of most consumers and raising questions over the firm's ability to build sales in the world's biggest...
View ArticleSina suspends book site after pornography reported
Sina.com temporarily closed its literature site Friday after being accused of hosting pornography, and authorities confirmed they were revoking two crucial licenses, ensnaring one of China's top web...
View ArticleChina fines Sina over 'indecent' content
Chinese authorities have slapped Internet giant Sina Corp. with a fine of more than $815,000 over "unhealthy and indecent content", the company announced.
View ArticleSina losses double on Weibo IPO charge
Chinese Internet portal Sina says first-quarter losses more than doubled as it booked a $40 million charge stemming from the stock listing of its Weibo microblog unit.
View ArticleChina orders media giant Sina to 'improve censorship'
China's government has threatened to shut down Sina, one of the country's most popular news websites unless it "improves censorship", state media reported, in a rare public glimpse into controls over...
View ArticleExamination of ancient text reveals details of Ibn Sina's sighting of supernova
(Phys.org)—A trio of German researches has uncovered evidence of the Arabic scholar Ibn Sina's sighting of supernova 1006 (SN 1006). The new evidence will sit alongside that of others around that globe...
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