Xinhua has had an English-language account on Twitter for months, and it's not clear why China's regional press chose to mention its existence now. But it's provoked挑釁 both anger and amusement娛樂 among Chinese web users, whose every mouse-click is monitored by what's known as the Great Firewall.
One comment left on the website of the news magazine Caijing, said Xinhua's officials should be arrested for jumping the wall. Another ventured冒險 plaintively悲哀, "please allow us to visit Twitter too".
Xinhua's cyber-journey網路之旅 to the West may be news to many of China's netizens網民, but it hasn't gone there alone. Also posting on Twitter in English are the official China Daily and Global Times, in what seems to be an attempt to promote China's soft power.
Joining them on the other side of the Great Firewall are some of the best-known Chinese dissidents持不同意見者, including the artist and activist社會運動家 Ai Weiwei, who used special software to circumvent規避 the controls. This doesn't mean there's contact between them. More than six thousand people worldwide follow Xinhua's frequent posts on Twitter - but the news agency itself doesn't follow anyone at all.
Joining them on the other side of the Great Firewall are some of the best-known Chinese dissidents持不同意見者, including the artist and activist社會運動家 Ai Weiwei, who used special software to circumvent規避 the controls. This doesn't mean there's contact between them. More than six thousand people worldwide follow Xinhua's frequent posts on Twitter - but the news agency itself doesn't follow anyone at all.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2012/12/121214_witn_chinas_great_firewall.shtml
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