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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey arrived on a visit to China on Thursday and complained of the blocking of his popular service in an online exchange with Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Hello, Shanghai. Twitter is blocked here in China so I can’t read any tweets,” Dorsey wrote on his Twitter feed @jack, which has 1.8 million followers.<\/p>\n

“Welcome to land of no twitter!” Ai responded on @aiww, where he has over 119,000 followers.<\/p>\n

“Yes, it’s unfortunate and disappointing,” said Dorsey, the executive chairman of San Francisco-based Twitter.<\/p>\n

“We really miss you here,” Ai said. “Have a nice rest, (and) enjoy shanghai…a city without culture, but a lot of money.<\/p>\n

“Let’s make sure China has access to Twitter sooner than North Korea,” Ai said in a final tweet to the Twitter co-founder.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ai’s activism has made him a thorn in the side of the Chinese authorities and he disappeared into custody for 81 days last year as police rounded up dissidents and lawyers amid online calls for Arab-style protests in China.<\/p>\n

Upon his release in June, the artist was charged with tax evasion. His case is currently being reviewed by the Beijing tax bureau.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Twitter and Facebook are among the social networking services blocked in China, which has half a billion Internet users, the world’s largest online population.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source AFP<\/em>
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