Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan rikicin Ürümqi na Yuli 2009
, China ta rufe yawancin ayyukan microblogging na cikin gida, gami da Fanfou, sabis na farko na weibo. Tun daga wannan lokacin an toshe wasu shahararrun shafukan yanar gizo na yanar gizo wadanda ba na kasar Sin ba kamar su Twitter, Facebook, da Plurk. Shugaban Kamfanin Sina Corporation Charles Chao ya ɗauki wannan a matsayin dama, kuma a ranar 14 ga Agusta, 2009, Sina ya ƙaddamar da sigar gwajin Sina Weibo. Ayyuka na asali ciki har da saƙo, saƙo na sirri, sharhi da sake aikawa sun kasance a wannan Satumba. An ƙaddamar da dandalin API mai jituwa na Sina Weibo don haɓaka aikace-aikacen ɓangare na uku a ranar 28 ga Yuli 2010.