Twitter restores suspended account of Chinese ambassador to Cyprus
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The Chinese Ambassador to Cyprus Huang Xingyuan tweeted on Thursday that he has gotten his account back after the platform suspended it on April 13.

It was the second such move targeting Chinese diplomatic accounts on the U.S. social media platform.

The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka said in a statement on April 13 that Twitter had suspended its official account without informing them of any specific reason, leading the embassy to request a clarification from Twitter and a correction of the move.

Twitter soon lifted the block and apologized for the "systematic mistake."

Huang told a similar story on Thursday, saying the platform took the action without a prior written notice.

Twitter explained to him the suspension was due to the account being "flagged as spam by mistake," he said.

Chinese Ambassador to Cyprus Huang Xingyuan (L) poses with Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides who was receiving a donation of face masks from China on April 4, 2020. /Huang Xingyuan's Twitter account

Chinese Ambassador to Cyprus Huang Xingyuan (L) poses with Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides who was receiving a donation of face masks from China on April 4, 2020. /Huang Xingyuan's Twitter account

Most tweets on the ambassador's account in the past months were about China's efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus and its assistance to Cyprus.

One of his most recent tweets said the Chinese government has donated 1,000 disposable masks to Cyprus.

Chinese ambassadors and embassies have been actively supporting China's efforts and measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, tweeting about China's aid to foreign countries.

(Cover: Chinese Ambassador to Cyprus Huang Xingyuan /Twitter)