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Category: Shi TaoBy Curt on Nov 13, 2007 in Shi Tao, Wang Xiaoning, Yahoo, China | 1 Comment
According to a CPB source, and subsequently the WSJ and others, Yahoo has “settled” with the families of Shi Tao and Wang Xiaoning, the two Chinese users of Yahoo’s email service, whom Yahoo sold out to the Chinese government. Shi, a journalist, and Wang, an activist, were both subsequently “sentenced” to 10 years in a […]
By Curt on Nov 6, 2007 in Shi Tao, Wang Xiaoning, Jerry Yang, Yahoo, China | 9 Comments
According to Bloomberg and the New York Times, Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang “apologized to the mother of an imprisoned Chinese dissident during testimony at a heated Congressional hearing probing the company’s role in jailing the man.”
Hang on, now. For a year, Yang has been contemptuously dismissing his company’s actions with a tedious repetition of “respect” […]
