China techCoronavirus brings traffic, but not revenue, to Baidu and Weibo
Major Chinese online platforms warn of advertising drop
Baidu chairman and CEO Robin Li speaks at a conference in Beijing. "Search queries for 'coronavirus' exceeded 1 billion during the Chinese New Year," Li said on Feb. 28. © AP
KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asian Review chief business news correspondent
February 29, 2020 05:03 JST
TOKYO -- With millions of Chinese quarantined at home to combat the spread of the new coronavirus, Baidu and Weibo, China's top search engine and short messaging platform, have seen a surge in traffic to their websites, but are warning investors that their revenues are set to fall in the short term.