BEIJING – Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday denied opening an officialaccount on Twitter account which remained inaccessible in Chinalink a largepart of its official media uses it to highlight their news content.

“It looks real?. You are being fooled by this,” Chinese Foreign Ministryspokesman Lu Kang told a media briefing here when asked about a Twitteraccount claiming to be that of Chinese Foreign Ministry.

“It is further proof that on cybersecurity we must have a discerning eye.We must adopt a cooperative approach and deal with the risks and challengesby global cooperation,” Mr. Lu said.

He however skirted a question whether his ministry has complained to themicrobogging platform Twitter about the account being operated in its name.

Internal social media, including Twitter and Facebook, besides Internetlink Googleremained blocked by Chinese firewalls. They can be accessed only throughVPNs, (Virtual Private Networks) which circumvent the Chinese firewalls.