Yahoo attempts to muscle Ebay out of China

[Rubber Duck]

Yahoo takes 35% stake in China biggest e-Commerce firm for a cool $1Billion.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4138012.stm

Best Regards
Dave Wrixon

[imported_admin]

Yahoo already made ebay Japan go bust a few years ago.

Yahoo Japan became so intergrated with Japanese culture that when Ebay came to Japan no one hardly used it.
People in Japan are moreso to follow famaliar trends, people, & figures that they are accustomed to.

It's good for us because we have huge ties with Japanese celebrities.

[Rubber Duck]

Yes, I think Yahoo will do well in the far east.

They have a lot of ground to catch up in China, but they seem to appreciate the importance of assimulating with local culture that is frankly missing in many Western Organisations.

Best Regards
Dave Wrixon

[rolf]

This makes interesting reading.

Information supplied by Yahoo ! helped journalist Shi Tao get 10 years in prison
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=14884&var_recherche=yahoo

If it is true it is bad for the journalist, but good news for the online economy in China!