After 20 years on Nasdaq, China's Sina wants out

CEO makes push to take company behind Weibo private amid US tensions

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Sina Chairman and CEO Charles Chao visits the Nasdaq in April 2014 on the first day of trading for spinoff Weibo. © Reuters

ALEX FANG, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- Sina, the Nasdaq-listed Chinese company behind the Twitter-like service Weibo, has received a proposal from an entity led by Chairman and CEO Charles Chao to take the business private after 20 years on the U.S. exchange.

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