Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg sat down with Chinese propaganda chief Liu Yunshan during a trip the country that is known for limiting digital communications.
China's Xinhua News Agency reported the two met on March 19 in Beijing. "Cyberspace is the common space of mankind, and it is the common responsibility for the international community to build a 'community of shared future' in cyberspace," Liu said, according to the state news agency.
The senior communist party official said he hoped Facebook would work with Chinese Internet companies to enhance exchanges and "share experience (sic) so as to make outcome of the Internet development better benefit the people of all countries," accordinng to the report.
Liu is a member of the standing committee of the political bureau of the Chinese communist party's Central Committee.
The Associated Press said Zuckerberg's audience with Liu was a rare meeeting with the country's top propaganda official and comes at a time when China is tightening its grip on cyberspace.
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