Both WSJ and BBC have announced that Twitter is planning on opening its first office in Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong office will be a part of its other Asia-Pacific offices: Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo and Sydney. However, it will be the closest to mainland China.
Currently, Twitter is banned in China and has been banned since 2009.
It appears this move to open an office in Hong Kong is to expedite the lifting of the ban. "We would love to have Twitter everywhere in the world including China." said Shailesh Rao, Twitter’s vice president for Asia Pacific, the Americas and emerging markets to WSJ.
Mr. Rao also stated the main purpose of the office, which will be sales.
To the BBC, Twitter said "Our upcoming Hong Kong office in the first quarter will enable us to pursue strategic opportunities in Greater China, such as China export advertising market, Hong Kong and Taiwan advertising markets, media partnerships, and our new Twitter Fabric integrated with MoPub for mobile developers."
The Hong Kong office will be headed by Peter Greenberger, who is currently Twitter’s Singapore director of sales for emerging markets.
