Don’t hold your breath for Facebook to break into China’s market anytime soon.
Jayne Leung, Facebook’s North Asia director, revealed during the
Social Media Matters event in Hong Kong on Friday that the social
network still has no plans to launch in China, according to The Next Web.
There have been rumors floating around
that Facebook would enter China ever since 2007 when the company first
registered the domain name Facebook.cn. Earlier this year, CEO Mark
Zuckerberg visited China on vacation, fueling these speculations even more.
For Facebook, China represents an opportunity to vastly expand its
user base. The country currently has more than half a billion Internet
users, while Facebook is closing in on the 1 billion user mark. However,
any plans to launch in the country have been complicated by the fact
that the Chinese government has blocked access to Facebook since
2008. While some in China have found ways to get around this
restriction, most have turned to other local social networks like Sina
Weibo, which play by China’s censorship rules.
Source: Mashable
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