Facebook coming to China? Mark Zuckerberg stuns audience by speaking fluent Mandarin at Beijing event +Video

China may ban Facebook, but not its co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who stunned an audience of students in Beijing by speaking in fluent Mandarin.

He did not explicitly discuss the social media site ban during his Q&A at prestigious Tsinghua University, but an indirect reference drew laughter from the audience.

Zuckerberg, whose company has long sought to enter the Chinese market, highlighted that Facebook already helps some Chinese companies in foreign markets. #MORE pics & video below:

'Speaking of China, I have a more difficult question for Mark, which I hope will not get me fired. What are Facebook's plans in China?' asked the forum facilitator and Facebook employee Wei Xiaoliang.

'We are already in China,' Zuckerberg said in Chinese, to more laughter. 'We help Chinese companies gain customers abroad.'

'We want to help the rest of the world connect to China.'

Coming soon? Facebook is currently banned in China but Zuckerberg's performance has been seen as a sign by some that that may change