Kathy Chen

Mr Chen, who had worked with Microsoft and Cisco, was brought in to lure more Chinese advertisers to the platform.

Kathy Chen was appointed in April as general manager for the China region comprising mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Twitter's manager for China, whose appointment just eight months ago sparked controversy, has announced her resignation but welcomed the growing number of Chinese advertisers even though the service is blocked by Beijing.

Kathy Chen is new to Twitter - in every sense. On Friday, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey welcomed Chen, a software engineer who once worked for the People's Liberation Army, as the company's new managing director for "Greater China," which includes, in Twitter's view, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The same day, Chen published her first couple of twe...

Chinese users of Twitter have raised concerns over Kathy Chen's connections to Beijing and wondered if their freedom of speech on the platform would be compromised.

Mr Chen, who had worked with Microsoft and Cisco, was brought in to lure more Chinese advertisers to the platform.

Kathy Chen was appointed in April as general manager for the China region comprising mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Twitter's manager for China, whose appointment just eight months ago sparked controversy, has announced her resignation but welcomed the growing number of Chinese advertisers even though the service is blocked by Beijing.

Kathy Chen is new to Twitter - in every sense. On Friday, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey welcomed Chen, a software engineer who once worked for the People's Liberation Army, as the company's new managing director for "Greater China," which includes, in Twitter's view, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The same day, Chen published her first couple of twe...

Chinese users of Twitter have raised concerns over Kathy Chen's connections to Beijing and wondered if their freedom of speech on the platform would be compromised.