Where Facebook has no friends, tech bends to China’s will


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 06 Dec 2017

China's Politburo Standing Committee member Wang Huning attends the opening ceremony of the fourth World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China, December 3, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song

As he took the stage at China’s premiere Internet gathering this week, Facebook Inc’s Vaughan Smith opened with a line that wouldn’t make sense anywhere else. 

“Since not everyone at this event is familiar with Facebook, let me describe it briefly,” said Smith, vice-president of corporate development. 

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