As I was born in China, the way of communication is different from Australia. When I started high school. a networking tool Xiaonei became famous. It is similar to Facebook. Users just sign up a account using their real name and personal information, like the school you attended, the name of the workplace.
At the very beginning, there's a rumour about that the Japanese company owned Xiaonei wanted to get the real information from Chinese young students in order to evaluate the country. However, after Xiaonei renamed to "RenRen", more and more students joint in it. I have already used this networking for almost 6 years. Most of my school mates, friends, teachers even the famous celebrities start using RenRen as a tool to communicate with old school mates. Also, I found that lots of people coming from other countries, such as America, they are trying to use RenRen in order to get a close relationship with Chinese friends.
http://www.renren.com Try to join this, which will make you know more about China. Of course, the Chinese words on this website may be a trouble to you, leaving me a message, I will be happy to help you!
