Facebook Has No Plans Yet To Add China

China, the world's most populous country at 1.3 billion people, has blocked its citizens from accessing Facebook. It doesn't appear that this will change anytime soon. At a recent social media conference in Hong Kong, Facebook's North Asia director, Jayne Leung, said the social network currently has no plans to make a move into China.

China, the world’s most populous country at 1.3 billion people, has blocked its citizens from accessing Facebook. It doesn’t appear that this will change anytime soon. At a recent social media conference in Hong Kong, Facebook’s North Asia director, Jayne Leung, said the social network currently has no plans to make a move into China.

Meld Magazine Editor Karen Poh posted the news on Twitter, which was picked up by CNET. Leung also said during the conference that of the 955 million users on Facebook, 255 million are from the Asia-Pacific region.

Some social networks do survive China’s firewall — such as Qzone (the largest online connector in the country), 51.com,

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