Chinese Blog: U.S. COMPANIES SAY THEIR HANDS ARE TIED
BEIJING - Yahoo Inc., Google Inc. and other U.S. Internet companies under fire for assisting in China's censorship efforts are insisting they must obey Beijing or risk limiting access to their most promising market.As the companies face congressional hearings in Washington today about their role in aiding the communist regime, they are appealing to the U.S. government for help, saying no private business can resist China on its own. Yet analysts say that even if Washington...
Chinese Blog: Google, Yahoo! Compete for Blogcn.com
Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc., two global leading Internet-based companies, are competing for Blogcn.com, the largest Chinese blog hosting provider in China, as efforts to further expand their presence in the country. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), the world's largest Internet search service provider, plans to bid Blogcn.com for USD 160 million, including USD 90 million in cash and shares. Yahoo! intends to offer USD 200 million, including USD 50 million in cash and the remaindering...
Chinese Blog: NET FIRMS DEFEND CHINA PLANS,
CONGRESS TO BEGIN ASKING GOOGLE, YAHOO, OTHERS ABOUT AIDING REGIME
Yahoo, Google and other U.S. Internet companies under fire for assisting in China's censorship efforts are insisting they must obey Beijing or risk limiting access to their most promising market.As the companies face congressional hearings in Washington today about their role in aiding the communist regime, they are appealing to the U.S. government for help, saying no private business can resist China alone. Yet analysts say that even if Washington stepped in to enforce...
Chinese Blog: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS GRIPS CONGO, REPORT SAYS
DAKAR, Senegal -- War-ravaged Congo is suffering the world's deadliest humanitarian crisis, with 38,000 people dying each month mostly from easily treatable diseases, a study published yesterday in Britain's leading medical journal said.Nearly 4 million people died between 1998-2004 alone -- the indirect result of years of ruinous fighting that has brought on a stunning collapse of public health services, the study in the Lancet concluded. The majority of deaths...
Chinese Blog: The Standard :
Multimedia sites targeted by investors
Investment in China's Internet industry has heated up in 2005 as investors look to interactive community and multimedia Web sites to be the next growth drivers. As China's mobile short-messaging and online gaming industries are currently dealing with the challenges of over-investment over the past few years, venture capitalists are turning to new multimedia Internet services that are offering new services to users. Online music sites in China seem to be some of the most...