China's Biggest Microblog Service Slated To Succeed On Twitter's Turf

Last month’s rumour that Sina (NSDQ: SINA) Weibo, a Chinese equivalent to Twitter, will launch internationally is gaining credence.

To start, it is driving up its service in Japan by striking a partnership with data company Find Japan that, from today, will verify the Weibo accounts of celebrities, businesses and institutions in the same way Twitter does with its “verified” accounts.

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