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Microsoft Shuts Chinese Web Portal as It Shifts Focus There
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Microsoft China
08/31/2010
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Wall Street Journal 08/31/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/26/2010
With Microsoft in Sights, China Starts to Squeeze U.S. Tech Companies
New York Times 07/28/2014
Microsoft Faces New Scrutiny in China
New York Times 01/05/2016
Apple Services Shut Down in China in Startling About-Face
New York Times 04/21/2016
Microsoft Shuts Chinese Web Portal as It Shifts Focus There
Wall Street Journal 05/13/2016
China's effort to reduce the role of IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, Qualcomm and Apple in China in 2015-2016 as part of reducing foreign influence in key tech sectors
04/21/2016
A bigger role for Huawei, Alibaba and Tencent in the internet and tech industry in China under the Xi Jinping government by 2016. This is part of Jinping's directive for "positive voices that promote healthy, positive culture that is a force for good." Apple iBooks and iTunes stores are shut down as part of this directive.
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Apple Services Shut Down in China in Startling About-Face
New York Times 04/21/2016
China Sales Slide Eats Into Apple Revenue
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2016
Microsoft Shuts Chinese Web Portal as It Shifts Focus There
Wall Street Journal 05/13/2016
Tim Cook Pledges More Apple Investment in China
WSJ 08/16/2016
For Apple’s iPhone 7, China Is a Challenge
WSJ 09/08/2016
12/19/2016
China shuts down Apple services iTunes Music and iBooks store to promote local companies and local content
04/21/2016
In an effort to implement president Xi Jinping's policy of reducing the influence of western companies such as IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, Qualcomm in China's core industries, more restrictive policies and efforts to get the companies to share technology were introduced in 2015. Apple was relatively an exception. In April 2016 China's ministry responsible for internet and culture shut down Apple services for books and music. Apart from favoring local companies Huawei, Alibaba, Tencent, this reduces foreign culture's influence in China, a policy favored by the government to maintain what it sees as "positive influence," by local providers.
Grouped Articles
Apple Services Shut Down in China in Startling About-Face
New York Times 04/21/2016
China Sales Slide Eats Into Apple Revenue
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2016
Microsoft Shuts Chinese Web Portal as It Shifts Focus There
Wall Street Journal 05/13/2016
Beijing: Apple iPhone Violated Chinese Patent
WSJ 06/17/2016
Tim Cook Pledges More Apple Investment in China
WSJ 08/16/2016
Two SIM Cards and Better Selfies: How China’s Smartphones Are Taking On Apple
WSJ 06/07/2017
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