Facebook has reached an agreement with the Chinese internet giant Baidu for creation of a joint social network, reports the Chinese website Sohu. com, quoting anonymous employees of Baidu. The agreement, which has not been officially confirmed, would come after a series of meetings between Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder, Robin Li, Baidu's CEO, which took place in recent months.
Facebook is now banned in China, where only Chinese social networks are allowed; Facebook, like Twitter, has received approval from the authorities because the social network does not comply with Chinese rules on censorship. If workarounds are available, the penetration of Facebook in China, estimated at 0.09%, is almost zero, while in other Asian countries, including Indonesia, the social network is in a strong position .
In general, companies wishing to operate in China must go through the creation of new societies in which they combine with a Chinese actor. Google, which has circumvented this unwritten rule has faced for over a year in a series of difficulties with Chinese authorities, that the search was indicted in early 2010 to cover hacking attempts for Gmail accounts.
In early February, Robin Li Baidu announced that sought to develop more social services, saying it was a buoyant market. Facebook for like most American companies, China is a strategic market, particularly complex, but the country has the largest number of Internet users in the world. The partnership with Baidu would not lead to the opening of Facebook to China, but the creation of a separate social network, which is not compatible with the social network as used in the rest of the world. 
Facebook is now banned in China, where only Chinese social networks are allowed; Facebook, like Twitter, has received approval from the authorities because the social network does not comply with Chinese rules on censorship. If workarounds are available, the penetration of Facebook in China, estimated at 0.09%, is almost zero, while in other Asian countries, including Indonesia, the social network is in a strong position .
In general, companies wishing to operate in China must go through the creation of new societies in which they combine with a Chinese actor. Google, which has circumvented this unwritten rule has faced for over a year in a series of difficulties with Chinese authorities, that the search was indicted in early 2010 to cover hacking attempts for Gmail accounts.
In early February, Robin Li Baidu announced that sought to develop more social services, saying it was a buoyant market. Facebook for like most American companies, China is a strategic market, particularly complex, but the country has the largest number of Internet users in the world. The partnership with Baidu would not lead to the opening of Facebook to China, but the creation of a separate social network, which is not compatible with the social network as used in the rest of the world.
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