The Chinese Consulate General in Sydney announced today that its Twitter account was blocked last night, following the ban on the Chinese Embassy in the United States in January, and the freezing of the official Twitter account.
It has become a common trend for diplomatic officials to set up Twitter accounts and interact with global users. Although the use of Twitter is banned in China, many diplomatic departments have created official Twitter accounts with the intention of continuing the usual “big foreign propaganda” style. However, the Consulate General of the Chinese Communist Party in Sydney is rumored to have had its Twitter account blocked yesterday (13), following the ban on the Chinese Embassy in the United States in January.
The official website of the Chinese Consulate General in Sydney released a statement this morning, saying that Twitter had frozen its official Twitter account on the 12th without informing the specific reason. The Consulate General also contacted Twitter to ask for clarification and to restore the account as soon as possible, but the account was restored today without any specific reason for the ban.
In response, the Chinese Consulate General in Sydney responded, saying it regretted the actions of Twitter officials.
From the Chinese Consulate General in Sydney’s Twitter account, we can see that it has recently posted many videos recommending Xinjiang and attacking the U.S. government for attacking the Chinese Communist Party. However, as early as January of this year, the official account of the Chinese Embassy in the United States was blocked by Twitter for posting content about Xinjiang, which involved “de-humanizing” and violating the usage rules, and the account has not been restored yet. The official website of the Chinese Consulate General in Sydney released a statement this morning, saying that Twitter had frozen its official Twitter account on the 12th without informing the specific reason.
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