Ah. (Can't read the article but I'll assume that's what it says.) Still... if she had those connections, they must not have been very good connections; the site still isn't available.
Eh. It's more about using her connections to sell Twitter's services to companies in China than it is about using her connections to make Twitter available to users in China.
Relevant portions:
> Twitter said its strategy in China hasn’t changed and that Ms. Chen’s main job is to sell services like advertising, data analytics and developer platforms to companies in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
> Underlying the messages were concerns that Twitter, which casts itself as a champion of free speech, was motivated to hire Ms. Chen as part of a strategy of compromise aimed at getting Chinese authorities to lift the block.
> A Twitter spokesman said on Tuesday that wasn’t the case and that Ms. Chen had been hired to take advantage of increased interest among Chinese companies in advertising on the platform to reach a global audience. “We have no plans to change anything about our service in order to enter the market,” the spokesman said.
> Twitter has consistently said it won’t compromise its service in order to operate in China. It described former CEO Dick Costolo’s first visit to China in 2014 as the executive’s attempt to learn more about the local culture and technology industry. His successor, Mr. Dorsey, who co-founded Twitter, has emphasized a dedication to the company’s values and mission, including freedom of speech.
This is supported by the Reuter's article which mentions her work on courting "potential Chinese advertisers for the social media platform" and growing "its Greater China advertiser base nearly 400 percent over the past two years."