Twitter Inc has appointed Kathy Chen as its Greater China managing director, chief executive officer Jack Dorsey said in a tweet on Thursday. However, some of Twitter’s Chinese-speaking users were totally against Chen’s new job post, due to her resume.
Nearly 30 years before she worked for foreign companies in China, Ms. Chen served a stint in the Chinese military. After that, she was involved in a joint venture that was partly owned by the country’s powerful domestic security ministry.
Despite being blocked in China since 2009, Twitter has been courting Chinese companies to buy advertising space on its service used by more than 300 million people.
“A big welcome to Twitter, @KathyChen2016! She joins us as our MD for China!”, Dorsey said in a tweet.
Thank you for your support as we connect Greater China to the world! A video by @kathychen2016 , MD of @TwitterGCN pic.twitter.com/aX9GzZe2sc
— Twitter GCN (@TwitterGCN) April 15, 2016
Chen, who according to her Twitter profile appears to be based in Hong Kong, said in a tweet that she was looking to “create more value for Chinese enterprises, creators, partners and developers”.
Twitter in February reported its first quarter with no growth in users since it went public.
Source: TWITTER, REUTERS
