Alberta Ferretti has launched on popular Chinese micro blogging platform, Weibo, and in so doing joined other luxury fashion brands including Burberry, Chanel and Louis Vuitton who have realised the importance of local social media in China.

Referred to as a hyrbid between Twitter and Facebook, Weibo has in excess of 200m subscribers. Fans are able to follow the world of Alberta Ferretti and Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti with real time updates in Chinese. See the brand’s page here: www.weibo.com/albertaferretti

WGSN today published an incredibly detailed insight into China’s digital media landscape, referring to it as “dynamic, ever-changing and home to social media platforms unfamiliar to many outside the market”. The piece rounds up 10 of the most important ones to know. If you’re a subsriber, be sure to check it out: China’s social media landscape

Alberta Ferretti also launched its YouTube channel today: http://www.youtube.com/albertaferretti