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"Don't hold your breath for Facebook to break into China's market anytime soon.\nJayne Leung, Facebook's North Asia director, revealed\u00A0during the Social Media Matters event in Hong Kong on Friday\u00A0that the social network still has no plans to launch in China, according to The Next Web.\nThere 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.\nFor 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.\u00A0While 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.\nImage courtesy of Flickr, Silly Rabbit, Trix are for Kids"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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