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"Sina, China's biggest web portal, just released its own check-in service, named\u00A0WeiLingDi, which roughly translates to &amp;quot;Micro Territory.&amp;quot;\u00A0It hopes to attract users with seamless integration to its microblogging service and by using celebrity endorsement with its &amp;quot;Star News&amp;quot; feature.\r\n\r\nLike Foursquare, users can check-in at different places and get badges. It also doubles as a discovery service by letting users rate and recommend places to go to.\u00A0As expected,\u00A0WeiLingDi integrates seamlessly with Sina Weibo, the biggest microblogging service in the country. &amp;quot;Users can log in using their Weibo account and their check-ins and recommendations will be shared with their followers.\r\n\r\nWith\u00A0more than 60,000 verified accounts that consist of celebrities, sports stars and other VIPs, WeiLingDi encourages new users to use the service with \u201CStar News\u201D, where users can follow celebrities to discover their whereabouts and activities.\u00A0It's a big hit with the Chinese as the the top 100 users themselves have over 180 million followers.\r\n\r\nFoursquare, as with most social networking sites, is currently behind the\u00A0Great Firewall of China.\u00A0Rumor has it that it is interested in acquiring Jiepang,\u00A0China\u2019s most popular location-based service, but given the huge established user base of Sina, it will surely be a stiff competition between these two.\u00A0Clients for\u00A0iOS and\u00A0Android are already available for download."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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