Kaixin001 (Online Social Networking website Full Details)

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Kaixin001
开心网

URL	http://www.kaixin001.com
Commercial?	Yes
Type of site	Social network service
Registration	required
Available language(s)	Chinese
Launched	April, 2008
Current status	Active

Kaixin001 (Chinese: 开心网; pinyin: Kāixīnwǎng; aka "Happy Net") is a social networking website launched in March , 2008.^[1][2]
In 2010, Kaixin001 ranks as the 13th most popular website in China and 67th overall according to Alexa Internet

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Competition

• Kaixin001's success can be partly credited to the Great Firewall of China. Due to the permanent blockage of other Social Networking Websites, such as Myspace, Facebook, Twitter and Youtube since the summer of 2009, after the Ürümqi riots, many Chinese nationals turned to domestic sites, hence the membership spikes.
• On 20 May 2009, Kaixin001 formally sued Qianxiang Group for unfair competition, Qianxiang Group who runs one of China's famous SNS sites Renren.com purchased the kaixin.com domain and launch a Kaixin001 clone.

Applications
Kaixin001 clone and brought the most famous successful Facebook applications to the Chinese Market before anyone else. For example

• Friends for Sale: A game that users can price and sell their friends
• Happy Farm: Users can grown their own vegetables and steal vegetables from their friends.

References

1. ^ http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/littlered...tm?id=63006184
2. ^ http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/s...ps/2009-10-19#
3. ^ "Traffic Info on Kaixin001". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/kaixin001.com. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
4. ^ "China Blocks Access To Twitter, Facebook After Riots". TechCrunch. 2009-07-07. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/07...k-after-riots/. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
5. ^ "China Disables Twitter, Then Facebook, as Civil Unrest Ensues". Fast Company. 2009-07-07. http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/clay...acebook-civil-. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
6. ^ "网络颠覆：不容小觑的安全威胁". 中国军网 数字报. 2009年8月6日. http://www.chinamil.com.cn/gfbmap/co...ntent_4350.htm. Retrieved 2009年10月1日.
7. ^ "中共军报提出网路颠覆论". 中央社. 2009-08-07. http://dailynews.sina.com/gb/chn/chn...146552545.html. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
8. ^ "中国军方：Twitter和YouTube成颠覆工具". 南洋视界. 2009-08-07. http://www.nanyangpost.com/news/china/2823.html. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
9. ^ "CNN.com Video". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/wor...cesnorship.cnn. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
10. ^ "Kaixin001: China’s Apple of Social Networks". http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/16...ocial-networks.