Topic: China & Facebook

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Background

China blocked facebook in 2008. Asia has more 143 million Facebook users and only 0.5 percent of them are from China. Nonetheless, Facebook’s growth rate in China is growing strongly at 84 percent and is also the highest growth rate in Asia, according to SocialBakers’s statistics. Mark Zuckerberg once said, “How can you connect the whole world if you leave out 1.6 billion people?”
If this impressive growth rate were to continue, it wouldn’t take too long before he can connect China with the world. But it remains to be seen if this figure will continue its strong growth. The Chinese government wouldn’t be too happy if it learned that a significant proportion of users are bypassing its firewall system.

The Paper 1500 words
Write a short history on China’s struggle in accepting Facebook from the initial growth of Facebook across Asia, to China’s blocking. Interestingly Linkedin is now in beta testing in China – why Linkedin and not Facebook?

The paper can be structured as follows

500 words; Facebook’s growth through Asia up to the blocking

500 words; How did the blocking occur? Was it peaceful and easy? Did a particular incident cause the Chinese government to block Facebook? Why was the government concerned ad how did it explain it to the people?

500 words; what do you think will happen with Facebook in China? Do you see the government allowing facebook but with censorship, or even unrestricted? Do you think Facebook will make concessions?

Assessment; 33.3% research, 33.3% comprehension and legibility,

Your answer to ‘what do you think will happen with Facebook in China? is worth 33.3% of the assessment, so please use data and fact to support your argument