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RESIDENT PARTNERS
Lee Edwards
Ling Huang
Alan D. Seem
Admitted in New York
VIA EDGAR
February 7, 2012
Ms. Kathleen Collins, Accounting Branch Chief
Ms. Megan Akst
Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: SINA Corporation
Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010
Filed May 31, 2011
File No. 000-30698
Dear Ms. Collins and Ms. Akst:
Reference is made to the letter received from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission dated January 25, 2012 regarding the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 of SINA Corporation (the “Company”).
In order to fully prepare the answers to the issues raised in your letter, we respectfully request on behalf of the Company an extension of the deadline to February 23, 2012 to respond to your letter.
Should you have any questions or wish to discuss the foregoing, please contact the undersigned by telephone at +86-10-5922-8002.
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| /s/ Alan D. Seem | |
| Alan D. Seem | |
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cc: | Charles Chao, SINA Corporation |
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| Herman Yu, SINA Corporation |
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