SHANGHAI, China, May 16 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- SINA Corporation (Nasdaq:SINA), the leading Internet portal in China today announced that it hasofficially launched its English news site ( http://english.sina.com ) toprovide timely China related news and other content service in English. Thenew site is intended to provide comprehensive coverage of current events inChina for an international audience utilizing SINA's core competence in onlinemedia space.
The recent major earthquake in Sichuan Province in China has caught wideattention among global communities. SINA's newly launched English site hasbeen providing a full coverage of the earthquake and the current rescueefforts by Chinese government and Chinese people. The site also providescontact information for overseas organizations and individuals who wish tomake donations or contributions to the victims of the quake.
''It was truly a massive tragedy. We have chosen to launch our Englishnews site now as we would like to provide up-to-minute coverage of theearthquake for overseas people who are concerned about the tragedy and easyaccess for those who wish to show their love and care or make theircontributions,'' said Charles Chao, President and CEO of SINA. ''Over thelonger term, we intend to make this site a window for internationalcommunities to have an easy access to China related information and to havebetter understanding about modern China.''
SINA will also cover the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games in English throughthis newly launched site.
About SINA
SINA Corporation (Nasdaq: SINA) is a leading online media company andmobile value-added service provider for China and for global Chinesecommunities. With a branded network of localized web sites targeting GreaterChina and overseas Chinese, the Company provides services through five majorbusiness lines including SINA.com (online news and content), SINA Mobile(mobile value-added services or 'MVAS'), SINA Community (Web 2.0-basedservices and games), SINA.net (search and enterprise services) and SINA E-Commerce (online shopping).
