Facebook has said its goal of connecting the world wouldn’t be possible without China. Photo: ReutersSan Francisco: Facebook Inc. has found a new way to enter China: secretly launching an app under a different name. The photo-sharing app, called Colourful Balloons, was released in May to help Facebook enter a market that it’s been blocked from since 2009, according to a person familiar with the matter. Facebook has said its goal of connecting the world wouldn’t be possible without the world’s most populated country, but declined to confirm the details that were first reported by the New York Times. Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg has made repeated attempts to woo Chinese authorities, learning Mandarin and touting a book by President Xi Jinping.

Source: Mint August 12, 2017 06:15 UTC