29 Mar 2008
Yahoo and MSN Help China Apprehend Tibetan Protestors
Business, China, MSN, Microsoft, Tibet, Yahoo
Yahoo! China pasted a “most wanted” poster across its homepage today in aid of the police’s witch-hunt for 24 Tibetans accused of taking part in the recent riots. MSN China made the same move, although it didn’t go as far as publishing the list on its homepage.
Yahoo indignantly wrote France24 saying: “Yahoo! isn’t doing this. It’s Yahoo! China*.”
*Yahoo had to accept a Chinese partner, and Chinese control, to gain access to China’s market.
Hat tip to Matt Brown Hamlin