UPDATE: It seems that People’s Daily may have jumped the gun with its VIP microblog accounts. According to Chinese media reports, all VIP guests on the People’s Daily’s popular “Strong Country” online forum — which would include Hu Jintao– were automatically registered for People’s Daily microblogging accounts, perhaps without their consent or knowledge. In an attempt to rectify the situation, the People’s Daily has now suspended their accounts until they confirm that they want to be registered as microbloggers.
UPDATE: It seems that People’s Daily may have jumped the gun with its VIP microblog accounts. According to Chinese media reports, all VIP guests on the People’s Daily’s popular “Strong Country” online forum — which would include Hu Jintao– were automatically registered for People’s Daily microblogging accounts, perhaps without their consent or knowledge. In an attempt to rectify the situation, the People’s Daily has now suspended their accounts until they confirm that they want to be registered as microbloggers.
From http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/02/23/searching-for-hu-in-the-microblogosphere/