The Embassy, which had its twitter account suspended this week, resumed its war of words as soon as the account was restored by twitter. At first glance, it appears like a random ramble, but it's actually a tweet from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), the official voice of China on Twitter to the outside world. The social media post was retweeted by the Chinese embassy - and the moment was captured by a Reuters reporter who posted an image of the retweet on his Twitter account and wrote: "Interesting retweet." During the heated exchange on twitter the Chinese Embassy was at times accused of using undiplomatic language. After the suspension was lifted, the Chinese embassy said in a press statement that Twitter suspended the account @ChinaEmbSL without notifying a specific reason. According to the Sri Lankan media, the suspension lasted 19 hours.. The Chinese embassy claims it was hacked saying that it did not retweet anything on Wednesday. The official Twitter account of China's embassy in Washington, D.C., quickly undid a retweet appearing to support President Donald Trump's claims that the Democrats had committed election fraud. The Chinese embassy in the US has said its Twitter account was hacked after it retweeted a baseless claim from President Donald Trump that the Democrats cheated in the election. The Chinese embassy in the US has said its Twitter account was hacked after it retweeted a baseless claim by Donald Trump accusing the Democrats of cheating in the election. Twitter had put a label on Trump's initial tweet saying: "This claim about election fraud is … The Embassy, meanwhile, said that it has applied to Twitter seeking to unlock the account. China's UK embassy has asked Twitter to "make thorough investigations" after its ambassador's official account liked a pornographic clip. The exchange was over the Chinese Government being accused of negligence in the spread of the coronavirus. The embassy officials reached out to Twitter twice to restore the account. — Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka (@ChinaEmbSL) April 14, 2020. The Chinese embassy in the United States said it was hacked after its Twitter account retweeted a call for Donald Trump to overturn the election. Having got reinstated, the Chinese Embassy is now feeling at ease when it comes to engaging in verbal duels with Twitter users. Thus, replying to one such user, the Embassy said, “We believe if Twitter could follow the laws and rules of China, the market might also be opened to them. The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka continued a war of words on twitter with those who questioned the Chinese Government on several issues. The Chinese Embassy Twitter account claimed they were hacked on Dec. 9, after the account retweeted a claim from President Trump alleging Democrats cheated in the 2020 election. “This is double standards. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. 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