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Yahoo on China: repressive, but oh-so-lucrative

Yahoo on China: repressive, but oh-so-lucrative

Molly Wood Former Executive Editor
Molly Wood was an executive editor at CNET, author of the Molly Rants blog, and host of the tech show, Always On. When she's not enraging fanboys of all stripes, she can be found offering tech opinions on CBS and elsewhere, and offering opinions on everything else to anyone who will listen.
Molly Wood
In the wake of several high-profile dissident arrests in China that were helped along by information from Yahoo, cofounder Jerry Yang says but has no intention of pulling out of China and will continue to comply with Chinese law and restrictions. Well, what do you expect them to do?! China has a lot of people, and they aren't as sick of banner ads as we are!