Yahoo agreed to censor their news and spin things the way Beijing likes it spun. Its not just in China either. If anyone tries to happen by news about China via yahoo, they are going to get the spun version.
I have been watching news about China for a long time, and I have seen a noticeable difference in the coverage. Yahoo is now the mouthpiece for the CCP on the net. Its the Ren Min Ri Bao of the internet.
They want to sway American ways of thinking and Yahoo agreed to help. Its not about porn, because yahoo is so full of the stuff for a surfer, that anyone looking can find it. Its politics.
Now because of this willingness to play ball, Yahoo is getting rewarded. If companies want to target China, Google and Alta Vista are now gone buh-bye. The choice is either a Chinese company, or Yahoo.
They basically opened up a big funnel to force money into Yahoo. If companies want to advertise in China, its gotta happen via Yahoo.
Killing the competition for political purposes. This is exactly what "guan-xi" is. So much for the WTO "we-are-going-to-open-our-markets" BS.
Yeah, they will open their markets, just so long as you do what they say....