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While Beijing blocks many foreign media sites, Chinese outlets such as China Global Television Network and China Central Television have millions of followers worldwide on Twitter or Facebook. (Nikkei illustration)

SIMON ROUGHNEEN, Asia regional correspondent

KUALA LUMPUR -- Anyone who has spent time in China will have had to grapple with the "Great Firewall" that bars the use of many overseas websites and applications.

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