This week parent company Alibaba Group is officially launching Alizila, a website that that features articles, videos and blog posts about the company itself, which runs online retail platforms that allow foreign buyers to connect with Chinese manufacturers as well as eBay clone Taobao, China Yahoo and other properties.
In 2005, Alibaba.com added to its international profile by acquiring and operating Yahoo China.
The truth is, however, that the marriage between Alibaba and Yahoo China was a mismatch to begin with.
Jack Ma, on the other hand, had no interest in revitalizing Yahoo China.
She added the company doesn't have operational control over the Yahoo China business.
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He notes Yahoo China was not that successful in China.
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But Alibaba failed to reverse the ongoing decline in those services, and is reportedly preparing to return the entire Yahoo China operation to the US company, according to Chinese media reports.
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And, I think because of Yahoo today in China we've been focused on entertainment, sports and finance.
The company has always been made up of 3 parts: its core business, its investment in Alibaba in China and its investment in Yahoo Japan.
As part of the deal Yahoo also handed over its China-based operations to Alibaba, including its email and search services.
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Ever since the news broke in May that he had orchestrated a transfer of Alipay assets out of the group into an entity in which he controls 80%, there have been questions both in the US and China about how he handled himself and his partners Yahoo!
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Western companies such as eBay, Yahoo, and Google have suffered painful defeats in China.
Ma says he and Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz have some different views on the China market.
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The headlines are buzzing today with news that Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) will formally close its China-based email service, in the latest sign that the company may soon withdraw from China completely.
China, a portion of the Chinese Web company Alibaba partially owned by Yahoo!
Microsoft, and other leading Western companies including Yahoo and Compaq, were among those already with a presence in China's rapidly developing internet market.
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