Is Yahoo Pulling Out of China?
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Geek Smack: Yahoo! is Leaving China?
Two weeks ago I reported that Yahoo! email was closing. Overnight, Yahoo! took things one step further as they ceased news and community services, moving everyone over to Alibaba. Is this showing that Yahoo! is getting out of China?
Yahoo! decided to close their email services in China and port users over to Aliyun – also an Alibaba property. The email registration closed on Aug 19, but you have until December 2014 to switch email.
So is Yahoo! pulling out of China? Not necessarily.
Yahoo! has a 40 percent stake in Alibaba. To compete with the giant is not always the best solution. In fact, Yahoo! has been phasing out their presence in China since 2005 when the web site shut down.
By Yahoo! giving more traffic to Alibaba, they have a good chance of making a lot of money when Alibaba goes public.
Yahoo! Also has a bad name in China. If you follow my Day in Tech History podcast (Sept 7, 2005), you know that Yahoo! caused two journalists to be imprisoned because of Chinese law. This has haunted Yahoo! since.
So the end result is it looks like Yahoo! is pulling out of China, but has a lot of strong ties. As long as those being forced to leave Yahoo! mail decide to move to Alibaba.
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