Sina Corporation is a Chinese technology company. Sina operates four major business lines: Sina Weibo, Sina Mobile, Sina Online, and Sinanet. Sina has over 100 million registered users worldwide. Sina was recognized by Southern Weekend as the "China's Media of the Year" in 2003.
Manhua are Chinese comics produced in China and in the Greater China region. Whilst Chinese comics and narrated illustrations having existed in China in some shape or form throughout its imperial history, the term manhua first appeared in 1904 in a comic titled 'Current Affairs Comics' or shíshì mànhuà (时事漫画) in the Shanghai-based newspaper, Jingzhong Daily (警钟日报).
Xing Yu or Shi Xing Yu aka Shi Yanneng is a 32nd generation Shaolin monk born on December 27, 1978 in Zhangqiu, Shandong. His father and brother are policemen and his mother is a housewife.
Zhang Liyin is a Chinese singer and songwriter. She has released singles in both China and South Korea, singing in both languages. Zhang has released only one studio album since her debut in 2006, but its singles carried a few top ten titles, such as "Timeless," which was a No. 1 hit, as well as "I Will". She is also the first foreign artist to win Best Newcomer award at the Mnet Asian Music Awards.
Jiro Wang is a Taiwanese singer and actor, who started his career as a model. Wang is a member of Taiwanese Mandopop vocal quartet boy band Fahrenheit.
Charles Martin is a British television producer, in 2007 he was awarded the British Academy Children's Awards He made his film directorial debut in S.M.A.R.T. Chase in 2017.
Wen Zhang is a Chinese actor. He graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 2006. Wen ranked 58th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013, and 45th in 2014.
Sina Weibo (新浪微博) is a Chinese microblogging (weibo) website. Launched by Sina Corporation on 14 August 2009, it is one of the biggest social media platforms in China, with over 445 million monthly active users as of Q3 2018. The platform has been a huge financial success, with surging stocks, lucrative advertising sales and high revenue and total earnings per quarter. At the start of 2018, it surpassed the US$30 billion market valuation mark for the first time.
Weibo is a general term for microblogging, but normally understood as Chinese-based mini-blogging services, including social chat sites and platform sharing.
Cao Yunding is a Chinese footballer who currently plays as a right-footed left winger for Shanghai Shenhua in the Chinese Super League.
Chu Eun-ju, known by her stage name Choo Ja-hyun, is a South Korean actress. Best known in Korea for the films Bloody Tie (2006) and Portrait of a Beauty (2008), Choo has mostly worked in mainland China since 2007, notably in television drama The Temptation to Go Home (2011).
Wu Yi Fan, known professionally as Kris Wu, is a Chinese-Canadian actor, rapper, singer, record producer, and model. He is a former member of South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO and its subgroup EXO-M under SM Entertainment, before leaving the group in 2014.
TFBoys, also known as The Fighting Boys, is a popular Chinese idol group that consists of three members: Karry Wang, Roy Wang, and Jackson Yee. The group debuted on August 6, 2013 with their first single album "Start of Love" at the young ages of 12 and 13 years old. Within a year of their debut, Tfboys became one of the most popular artists in China with their hit song "青春修炼手册 Manual of Youth" and gained widespread popularity throughout Asia. The group as a whole have an estimated commercial value of more than US$430 million combined from endorsements and branding as of 2018, and their average sales per member from band merchandises alone amasses more than US$17 million per month.
Liang Jing is a Chinese actress.
Xu Weizhou, known internationally as Timmy Xu, is a Chinese actor and singer-songwriter, best known for playing the character Bai Luoyin in the Chinese web series Addicted. He was the first artist to achieve the top spots on the Billboard China V chart and Mandarin chart within the same week. Xu was the first solo artist from mainland China to hold a concert in South Korea, and to be officially invited as a guest to the Billboard Music Awards in 2017.
Bliss Media is a Chinese film company specializing in international film financing, production and distribution. The company was founded in 2011 and now holds offices in both Shanghai and Los Angeles. It has been involved in the investment, production and distribution process of international feature films including Hacksaw Ridge, Jackie, and Loving. Hacksaw Ridge ultimately became the highest grossing imported war film in China.
FreeWeibo is a website that monitors and makes available content from leading Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo that has been censored and deleted by Chinese authorities under the Great Firewall. The home page is constantly updated to show the latest most-censored Weibo content.
The third season of the Chinese reality talent show Sing! China premiered on 13 July 2018, on Zhejiang Television. Jay Chou is the only coach to return from the previous season. Returning coach Harlem Yu and new coaches Li Jian and Nicholas Tse replaced Eason Chan, Liu Huan and Na Ying in this season.
Li Zehua is a Chinese citizen journalist, rapper and YouTuber. Li was born in Pingxiang, Jiangxi. After graduating from Communication University of China, he joined China Central Television (CCTV) as a television presenter in 2016.
David Gulasi is an Australian social media figure active in China.
