Xi Jinping refused the founder of social network Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, who asked to choose an honorary Chinese name for it yet unborn daughter, reports The New York Post, citing a source. In response to such a request, Hu said “no.” He added that it was “too much responsibility».
Speaking businessman with Chinese leader took place during an audience with US President Barack Obama on September 25. Zuckerberg led the conversation in Mandarin.
At the end of July, the founder of the social network said that he and his wife Priscilla Chan (is an American of Chinese origin) are expecting a baby.
The head of Facebook began to learn Chinese in 2010. Already in 2014, he demonstrated fluency in the language, speaking at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
access to Facebook is officially blocked in China since 2009. Chinese authorities believe that using social networks opposition organized anti-government uprising in Urumchi – the administrative center of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Then the victims of the conflict began almost 200 people. Uighurs accuse the Chinese government in suppressing their autonomy, excessive interference in their cultural and political life and repression. Beijing says Uighur separatists same and believes that supposedly exists in Xinjiang terrorist organization receives support from abroad.
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