| URL | http://www.tianya.cn |
|---|---|
| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Internet forum |
| Available language(s) | Chinese |
| Launched | 14 February 1999 |
Tianya Club is one of the most popular Internet forums in China. It was founded on 14 February 1999.[1]
It provides BBS, blog, photo album web services.
Politicians have used Tianya Club to campaign, answer questions from constituents, and gather grassroots support.[2]
It has also been involved in Chinese news stories such as a revival of the 1995 Tsinghua University poisoning story about Zhu Ling.[3]
Tianya Club is the exposure place of hoax Hanxin. It is also the original exposure place of 2007 Chinese slave scandal.
Tianya Club is also famous for its social search, which also named "human flesh search" (Renrou Sousuo, meaning "human flesh search" literally, extended to "by hand" or "not computer aided"). For example, during January 2008 of Edison Chen photo scandal, the Tianya Club users search out the involved girl star by their shadow-photo in newspaper.
References
- ^ Alexa statistics
- ^ County mayor solicits advice at popular online community, China Daily, 14 April 2006
- ^ Lab poisoning mystery triggers debate, China Daily, 13 January 2006
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