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Lees micro blog has got over 10.3 mn hits; 2nd most popular after sporting icon liu xiang

Googles ex-China head a hit among bloggers.

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Even as Google takes back its seat in China after a protracted row with Chinese censors last year,the US companys former country chief Kai-fu Lee on Sunday emerged as one of the leaders of the countrys burgeoning micro-blogging phenomenon.

Lee is the second micro-blogger,after sporting icon Liu Xiang,to win so many visitors,state run Xinhua news agency reported. Lees micro-blog at t.qq.com/kaifulee received over 10.3 million hits making him big hit among the bloggers.

Every day Lee posts a host of subjects in his blog offering a wide content of news and entertainment besides a wide content of fun which was a major attraction for students.

Mirco blogs in China was regarded as the new fast emerging media countering the strangle hold of the Chinese official media. With Internet connection surpassing 457 million this year,Chinas bloggers numbers too are growing by the hour.

While official media reports peg micro-blogger numbers at around 64 million,micro-blog websites like Sina.com claim it crossed 100 million last year. Lees postings cover such topics as company updates,hot issues of science and technology industry,college students development,and his own family life.

Lee maintained that the micro-blog,with a maximum of 140 Chinese characters,now enjoyed even more influence than traditional books and TV programmes in certain instances,the news agency report said.

Micro-blogs are really beginning to change everything, he said,noting that it could serve as the best communication platform to tell the truth,safeguard peoples rights and interests and make friends. Lee just published his new book about micro-blog earlier this month. He said he wrote on the micro-blog to keep a record of his thoughts and to influence society and others positively.

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After leaving Google China in mid-September in 2009,Lee,a Taiwan born Chinese launched the new company of Innovation Works aimed at helping young Chinese entrepreneurs develop Internet and mobile computing technology. He headed Google in China when the Company faced the wrath of Chinese internet firewalls while opposing intrusive censors of its content.

 

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