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| Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan |
Billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his girlfriend Priscilla Chan, were spotted in China recently. The sighting of Mr Zuckerberg - wearing his trademark hooded top and jeans - has led to speculation that Facebook could be looking for business opportunities in China, the world's largest online marketplace.
It is believed that the social network's CEO flew into the country aboard a private jet with Apple chief executive Tim Cook.
Facebook is now used by 845million people across the world, but remains blocked by the Chinese authorities.Along with Twitter and YouTube, it cannot be accessed in the country because of what is nicknamed the Great Firewall.
Mr Zuckerberg has been learning Mandarin for a couple of years and has never been coy about his dreams of breaking into the Chinese market. At a speaking engagement in October 2010, he asked: 'How can you connect the whole world if you leave out 1.6 billion people?
'Our theory is that if we can show that we as a western company can succeed in a place where no other country has, then we can start to figure out the right partnerships we would need to succeed in China on our terms.'
Mr Zuckerberg and Miss Chan have been seeing each other for eight years after meeting when they were both studying at Harvard. At time they were both ordinary students. The Facebook founder is now one of the youngest billionaires in the world. Culled from Dailynews
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