- Yahoo China (but not Hong Kong, I think) is now controlled by Alibaba.com. They have previously been involved in relatively uncontroversial business areas such as providing an online showcase for Chinese exporters to the world. It will be interesting to see how they respond to the new challenges of involvement in the altogether trickier world of general media and online consumer services in which they now find themselves involved.
- Shi Tao is a business writer for the magazine Contemporary Business News. The view that China is 'light' on business publications when it comes to censorship has frequently been proven wrong by the way in which journalists who are seen to have transgressed are treated.
This is a BLOG from Mark Cochrane of Business Strategies Group in Hong Kong. We've been keeping a close watch on B2B media and business information in Asia since 2000 and look forward to sharing insights with you.
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Yahoo China and the press
Not much I can add to the wave of comment across the Blogosphere on the accusation that Yahoo's Hong Kong subsidiary assisted Chinese police to arrest mainland business journalist, Shi Tao. There are two business media angles to this:
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