{"id":29956,"date":"2017-11-09T15:42:33","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T10:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=29956"},"modified":"2017-11-09T15:42:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T10:42:33","slug":"trump-skirts-great-firewall-to-tweet-about-beijing-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=29956","title":{"rendered":"Trump skirts ‘Great Firewall’ to tweet about Beijing trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEIJING\u00a0Nov 09 (TNS):<\/strong>\u00a0US President Donald Trump went around and over the \u201cGreat Firewall\u201d of China in a late-night tweet in Beijing as he thanked his hosts for a rare tour of the Forbidden City and a private dinner at the sprawling, centuries-old palace complex.<\/p>\n

Many Western social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook are banned in China. A sophisticated system has been built to deny online users within China access to blocked content.<\/p>\n

That was not an issue for Trump, known for tweeting to his 42.3 million followers at any hour of the day, on Wednesday, the day he arrived in Beijing.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn behalf of @FLOTUS Melania and I, THANK YOU for an unforgettable afternoon and evening at the Forbidden City in Beijing, President Xi and Madame Peng Liyuan. We are looking forward to rejoining you tomorrow morning!\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump even changed his Twitter banner, uploading a photograph of himself and Melania with Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, during a Chinese opera performance at the Forbidden City.<\/p>\n

The Twitter banner upload did not go unnoticed by Chinese state media, with state broadcaster CCTV flashing screenshots of the photograph on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s visit was also the third-most talked-about topic on Chinese social media platform Weibo over the last 24 hours, trailing only the birthday of a singer in a Chinese boy band and a weekly Asian pop song chart.<\/p>\n

Many people wondered how Trump managed to evade China\u2019s tough internet controls.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess he must have done it via wifi on a satellite network,\u201d said a user on Weibo.<\/p>\n

Many foreigners log on to virtual private networks (VPNs) to access content hosted outside of China. Another option is to sign up for a data-roaming service before leaving one\u2019s home country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president will tweet whatever he wants. That\u2019s his way of communicating directly with the American people. Why not?\u201d a White House official said ahead of Trump\u2019s arrival in Beijing on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Not all of Trump\u2019s tweets in China were bright and cheerful.<\/p>\n

\u201cNoKo has interpreted America\u2019s past restraint as weakness,\u201d he tweeted about reclusive North Korea\u2019s nuclear and missile threats. \u201cThis would be a fatal miscalculation. Do not underestimate us. AND DO NOT TRY US.\u201d<\/p>\n

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