Why is Yahoo so accomodating to the Communist Republic of China?
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Why shouldn't they be, isn't it discrimination if they don't?\nCapitalists are still worried to death about Communists,and rightly so (esp USA).\nI wonder why (apart from the stuff they have read in the capitalist news papers and watched on the capitalist TV)\nI don't think capitalists and communists can ever reach a mutual understanding. (Religion is the opium of the working classes) some one once said! he was right. Both sides have committed atrocities, both sides have done some good, is the question meant to prove this sort of reaction?
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Yahoo have no idea what the China government agency going to do with it when they released all the data about the individual in China. China required all internet content company such as Yahoo to released the data and they have no choices if they want to do business in China.
190096
I didn't know Yahoo did it.  I know Google did it.  I don't approve, but I understand.  It was the only way they could get the Chinese business, and we can't influence anything over there if we have no presence over there, even if it is censored for now.  Chinese hackers will be smart enough to find the information and get it out to the people.
761457
you bet ie China. Biggest communist, capitalist country. Vietnam our biggest importer, capitalist, communist. they looked happy and they can buy CA style mcmansions for $200K
132181
china is not better than any other country.  however, google still wants to be used by the millions of people in china living under a communist form of goverment.  so in order for google to benifet, they must make some changes.
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it's nice to see business opportunity around yahoo answers, however there is big issue of political restriction on raw materials in both countries, and you do need strong business partner in China. I am just wondering if you have even heard any similar cases successed? It might bring you some ideas.
60846
yahoo means yeah or yipie or a fast growing website
400405
Although China still and the most of the outside world refers to the country as a: "communist state" very few people would agree that China fits that definition.  \n\nThe Modern day government in China is more like an Oligopoly in which a group of politically well connected people run a totalitarian government while allowing it's people to engage capitalist market activities.\n\nTrue communist nations that embrace the economic system as much as possible as well as the ideology of big government control are: North Korea and to a lesser extent Cuba.  I say to a lesser extent when refering to Cuba because they have allowed tourism and slight free market reforms in order to prop up their economy.
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No, I could not tolerate living under a Communist dictatorship.  I appreciate that it has modernized somewhat, but it's still communism.  And as to the Chinese culture, I wonder how much of it is left after the Maoist "cultural revolution."  \n\nEven if I thought I could learn the language (and I don't), I could not live there.
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Well they bend over to China, and edit the Chinese Yahoo! website to the government's liking. Who's to say they aren't doing the same for other countries? the U.S. even?
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I feel irritated. I find it that today people prefer to be followers than leaders and it is embarrassing to see how such big conglomerates lose all perception of decency just to make money. It is obvious that Yahoo wishes to conquer the China market and for that purpose merged with the Chinese company called Alibaba.com. In that sense, they could not care less about the Chinese people since they are only concerned about being on the right side of the Chinese government. It is ALWAYS about money…. Just look at how Bush calls everyone a terrorist and yet he is ready give the United Arab Emirates control of numerous AMERICAN ports. \nIt is NEVER about the people or democracy or even safety…. it’s about who will receive a monetary benefit from it all.
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The danger that free citizens face from multi-national companies that willingly participate in hunting down and jailing dissidents, as Yahoo does in China.  How long before they become the running dogs of Bush/Cheney?  Not long.
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China is a totalitarian Communist State; and they rule with an iron fist.  They execute 8,000 political prisoners a year in China...think about that for a second...8,000 people a year kille for their political beliefs that differ from the government.  \n\nI'm happy to be an American, and hope we can keep it that way forever.
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trade is benefiting china as a nation, which is capitalism.  however the government still functions as a socialist government for taxes, etc.\n\ntheir economy is growing due to global capitalism and their large population and cheap labor.  their govt is still communist.
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I am an American who has been living in China for over four years. Many of the things said and written about China is actually not true.\n\nThere is the speculation that China is the fastest growing Christian population and it is underground. The fact is, the Christian church I attend is forced to have several Sunday services, due to the increased amount of people becoming Christians. There are security people near the enterance; I have watched them incognito; they assure there is no noise or traffic to interfere with the service.\n\nI teach at a university and am a judge for many English contests. Even with some military people and people who are Communist in the audience, the contestants will include references to god. During the last contest, the girl that won made references to God, heaven, Bible, and baptism. When I give the keynote speeches, nobody has ever approached me to disregard anything I was prepared to say. Many of the soldiers and Communist party people will shake my hand and thank me for the nice speech.\n\nI have listened to the English Channel news; Yahoo news has most of the same stories. When anyone in a news station says anything bad about a president of prime minister of another country, it is usually cut away.\n\nSure there are problems in China; the country must be able to stay on an even plateau to take care of and feed 1.3 million people. China has come a long way. The idea that things are as bad as many people think is false.
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The compensation they receive is that they can actually get people to visit Yahoo! in China. Without that compliance, no one there could visit the Yahoo! site.
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China (simplified Chinese: 中国, Traditional Chinese: 中國, pinyin: Zhōngguó; listen (help·info)) is a geographical region in East Asia and Central Asia. With over one-fifth of the world's population, the majority of China exists today as a state known as the People's Republic of China, but it also refers to a long-standing civilization comprising successive states and cultures dating back more than 4,000 years.\n\nWith one of the world's longest periods of mostly uninterrupted civilization and the world's longest continuously used written language system, China's history has been largely characterized by repeated divisions and reunifications amid alternating periods of peace and war, and violent imperial dynastic change. The country's territorial extent expanded outwards from a core area in the North China Plain, and varied according to its changing fortunes to include multiple regions of East, Northeast, and Central Asia. (The term "China proper" is used by some observers and historians to describe the core territory historically home to the majority Han Chinese, as opposed to lands associated later with China such as what is now Xinjiang.) For centuries, Imperial China was also one of the world's most technologically advanced civilizations, and East Asia's dominant cultural influence, with an impact lasting to the present day.\n\nBy the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, however, China's political, economic, and military influence declined relative to the growing regional power of Japan and the influence of Western powers. The imperial system in China ended with the establishment of the Republic of China (ROC) under Sun Yat-sen in 1912; however, the next four decades of ROC rule were marred by warlord control, the Second Sino-Japanese War during which the Empire of Japan occupied large parts of China, and the Chinese Civil War which pitted Chinese Nationalists against the Communist forces.\n\nAfter its victory in the Chinese Civil War, the Communist Party of China under Mao Zedong established the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, forcing the Nationalists to retreat and relocate the ROC government to the island of Taiwan, which it had governed since the end of World War II. Since then, the ROC has maintained administrative control over Taiwan, the Pescadores Islands, several islands off the coast of Fujian province including Kinmen and the Matsu Islands, and some islands in the South China Sea.\nShanghai, China's largest city\nEnlarge\nShanghai, China's largest city\nMount Tai in Shandong province\nEnlarge\nMount Tai in Shandong province\nContents\n[hide]\n\n    * 1 Terminology\n          o 1.1 "Zhongguo"--The Central Kingdom\n          o 1.2 "China"\n          o 1.3 "Cathay"\n    * 2 History\n    * 3 Chinese Pre-history\n    * 4 Political history\n    * 5 Territory\n          o 5.1 Historical overview\n          o 5.2 Historical political divisions\n          o 5.3 Geography and climate\n    * 6 Economy\n    * 7 Society\n          o 7.1 Demographics\n          o 7.2 Culture\n          o 7.3 Religion\n          o 7.4 Arts, scholarship, and literature\n          o 7.5 Science and technology\n    * 8 Miscellaneous topics\n    * 9 See also\n\n[edit]\n\nTerminology\n\n    Main article: Names of China\n\n[edit]\n\n"Zhongguo"--The Central Kingdom\nGeography of China and geographic region labels\nEnlarge\nGeography of China and geographic region labels\n\nChina is called zhong guo in Mandarin Chinese (Simplified: 中国, Traditional: 中國; also romanized as Jhongguo or Chung-kuo), which is usually translated as "Middle Kingdom." The first character Zhong (中) means "middle" or "center" while guo (国 or 國) means "country" or "kingdom".\n\nThe term has not been used consistently throughout Chinese history, however, and carries certain cultural and political con