Per AP:
- Sina received a veiled warning from a Communist Party leader over its popular microblogging service, Weibo.
- Beijing has been cracking down more aggressively on dissent in the wake of the Middle East uprisings, prompting web portals such as Sina to tread delicately. According to state-run broadcasts Tuesday, Liu Qi, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and a member of the Party's powerful Politburo, had toured Sina offices on Monday and told executives that Internet companies should "step up the application and management of new technology, and absolutely put an end to fake and misleading information."
- Liu, the party secretary, also visited the headquarters of Youku.com Inc., a video portal, and talked with CEO Victor Koo, the report said.
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