left corner left corner China Daily Website  Virtual persona
should be you in reality  Updated: 2013-03-11 07:59 By Berlin
Fang ( China Daily)  China is the world's most populous country,
but I am still amazed that some micro-bloggers have millions of
followers - that is a lot of clout.  But some people
deliberately manipulate their image online for personal gain.
Yet if they try and maintain a false online persona too long,
pieces of the puzzle come together to tell people who they
really are. When this happens, the public does not treat the
perpetrator kindly.  Virtual life is no longer a frivolous
addition to our real lives. Online personae have the potential
to bring us greater recognition than our real selves, making it
finally possible to lead double lives without being secret
agents. I live in Oklahoma, but I write mainly in Chinese for a
Chinese audience. I have been able to achieve some recognition
on the Web while maintaining a very private, undisturbed life.
Our virtual image is not always, if eve