Twitter to set up Greater China office in Hong Kong in the first quarter of next year

Absrtact: Twitter will set up the Greater China office in Hong Kong in the first quarter of next year to oversee business in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. But Twitter has no intention of launching a business for ordinary users in the mainland. Twitter, Vice president for Asia Pacific operations, Shailesh

Twitter will set up a greater China office in Hong Kong in the first quarter of next year to oversee operations in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. But Twitter has no intention of launching a business for ordinary users in the mainland.

Shailesh Rao, vice president of the Asia Pacific business, said in an interview:

The main responsibility of this office is to sell to those Chinese agents and advertisers who are interested in doing business overseas, including Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Twitter, which has had a brisk pace of commercialization in the last year, said it had a three-quarter income of $361 million trillion, doubling over the year. But the 77% users are from overseas social networks, and only 34% of sales come from overseas. At present, Chinese brands, such as smartphones, electrical appliances, clothing and even tourist destinations have a strong need to promote overseas. Twitter doesn't want to miss the gold Rush. They are even experimenting with online payments to get users to deal with their social networks.

Facebook, which is also currently inaccessible to China, appears to be more active in the Chinese market than Twitter. Zuckerberg has just visited Tsinghua University and has a big show of Chinese. At present, Chinese managers and engineers within Facebook have a sense of discourse. His wife, a Chinese-American, has also been interviewed at the top of the decision-making level in China.