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Yahoo! Turns to Washington for Help in China

A Reuters newswire article, via CNN/Money, reports that:

Yahoo said Thursday it was seeking the U.S. government's help in urging China to allow more media freedom, after reports linked information that it gave to Chinese authorities with the jailing of a dissident.

Last month, the Internet media company was cited in a Chinese court decision to jail an Internet writer for 10 years for subversion in 2003 - the fourth such case to surface implicating Yahoo.

Yahoo Chairman and Chief Executive Terry Semel, speaking at an event, said it had no choice but to comply with local laws and did not have the power to change Chinese policy.

posted by Fergie @ 5/11/2006 10:10:00 AM