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Censorship the elephant in the room as Twitter courts Chinese firms at CES Asia in Shanghai
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A senior Twitter executive laid out the company's benefits to Chinese businesses looking to connect with a global audience at a talk in Shanghai that ignored restrictions placed on the service in China.
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Opening the second day of the inaugural Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Asia, Twitter vice president of Asia Pacific, Latin America and emerging markets Shailesh Rao gave a keynote speech squarely aimed at Chinese firms in attendance.
"Twitter can help Chinese companies and organisations reach world audiences," Rao said.
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"You have the power to ... reach people with shared interests anywhere in the world."
The unspoken exception to that global reach is mainland China, where Twitter has been blocked since 2009.
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