Chinese 'netizens' inundate Obama's Google+ page
President Obama's page on Google's social network site has been inundated with messages in Chinese after restrictions in China were removed. Every current topic on Mr Obama's Google+ page attracted hundreds of Chinese comments.
Google+ is normally blocked in China along with other social media that the authorities deem unacceptable. Since Google+ was launched in 2011, software known informally as the Great Firewall had appeared to block it within China.
A few appealed for the liberty of the civil rights activist Chen Guangcheng, who is under house arrest. Others asked about a recent political intrigue in south-west China, in which one of the country's top policemen, Wang Lijun, spent a day in the US consulate in Chengdu for undisclosed reasons.
But many simply voiced delight at their freedom to speak: they talked about occupying the furniture and bringing snacks and soft drinks.
The White House in Washington has not commented on the upsurge of Chinese interest in President Obama's campaign site. But it has prompted one poster to suggest that if China ever abandoned its internet restrictions, the United States would have to protect its social media with a Great Firewall of its own.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-17167770
There are many comments in Chinese at Obama's Google+ site, but there are many interesting comments (some supportive, some not) to the sudden influx.
