China To Reportedly Lift Ban On Facebook, Twitter, New York Times In Shanghai Free-Trade Zone

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Pudong District in Shanghai is hoping to get a boost by becoming a free-trade zone.

Anonymous Chinese government sources have informed the South China Morning Post (SCMP) that China intends to lift the ban on Facebook, Twitter and the New York Times in the Shanghai free-trade zone.

One of the anonymous sources told the SCMP:

"In order to welcome foreign companies to invest and to let foreigners live and work happily in the free-trade zone, we must think about how we can make them feel like at home. If they can't get onto Facebook or read The New York Times, they may naturally wonder how special the free-trade zone is compared with the rest of China."

The Shanghai trade-free zone is set to open September 29 in a bid to encourage foreign investment and business within China in a fashion similar to how Hong Kong operates as a "special autonomous region."

The Shanghai free-trade zone itself covers 28 kilometers in Pudong district and doesn't extend to the rest of Shanghai.