Serie A: Juventus launch their account on China's Sina Weibo platform

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Juventus (Serie A TIM) have launched an account on the Chinese microblogging platform Sina Weibo, announced the club on 09/07/2015. The Italian club will offer exclusive content on the club (photos, interviews, behind-the-scenes) to its fans in Chinese.

At the launch, Juventus encouraged its Chinese fans to send pictures of themselves wearing the club's shirt in famous locations around China. The photos will appear on the club's accounts on Sina Weibo and Tencent, another Chinese social network. The launch of this account comes before the Supercoppa Italia between Juventus and SS Lazio, which will be held at the Shanghai Stadium (80,000 seats) in Shanghai (China) on 08/08/2015.

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