SHOW OF SOLIDARITY: Flowers from Chinese users on display on a sign outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing. Yahoo! says it supports Google's threat to pull out of China over censorship. — AP
SUNNYVALE (California): Yahoo! supports rival Google’s threatened departure from China because of computer attacks that pried into the e-mail accounts of human rights activists.
In a statement, Yahoo! says it is “aligned” with Google’s reaction to the hacking that allegedly originated from within China.
Google has promised to stop censoring its search results in China, defying the country’s government. The move may result in Google pulling out of China completely.
Yahoo! closed its offices in China in 2005 when it sold its business there to the Alibaba Group. As part of that deal, Yahoo! retains a 39% stake in Alibaba that represents one of its most valuable assets.
A Yahoo! spokesman declined to say whether its solidarity with Google would cause the company to sell its Alibaba holdings. — AP
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