Beijing: In China, Twitter is blocked but fake tweets by @realdonaldtrump look set to become the latest Internet sensation. They are being shared on Chinese social networking sites to crack jokes, tout online goods and send Lunar New Year greetings. The fake Trump tweets circulating on Chinese social media reflect how Trump’s use of Twitter is even seeping into the popular consciousness of a country where Twitter has been blocked by censors for years. “For young Chinese people, Trump has an extremely iconic image,” said Lin Hang, a co-founder of Jike. Vincent Zhang, a 37-year-old employee at Jiayuan, a Chinese online dating site, said the flurry of fake Trump tweets he saw his friends sharing showed that many young Chinese had a relatively neutral view of Trump and saw him as a showman.

Source: Mint January 26, 2017 16:00 UTC