back to article Sino the times: MSN to pull Chinese portal

Microsoft's MSN China portal will farewell the Internet in June of this year, signalling a further withdrawal of the country's content presence in the Middle Kingdom. The decision was first reported in Chinese media, according to Nikkei, with Redmond to pay more attention to hosting, Windows 10, and its R&D operation. The …

  1. Mark 85

    There was a monopoly probe launched in 2014, which intensified earlier this year when the government asked Redmond to explain alleged problems with the data it had provided.

    Problems with the data MS provided? I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you.

  2. Ralph B

    To farewell?

    > Microsoft's MSN China portal will farewell the Internet in June of this year

    Is farewell a verb now? Or did we mean bid farewell to?

    1. Angus Wood
      Happy

      Re: To farewell?

      "Verbogeny is one of the pleasurettes of a creatific thinkeriser", said Peter de Silva.

  3. Ken Hagan Gold badge

    There's a moral there, for any other corporations who are in future tempted to suck up to a totalitarian dictatorship. The likelihood of you getting any long term benefit is zero. The clue's in the fact that you are negotiating with a totalitarian dictatorship.

    1. BrownishMonstr

      Hey up, you're making it sound more pleasant than the gov we've got...

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