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The software giant has kept its business alive in the country by complying with strict local laws, despite the communist nation’s wide-reaching censorship. The important Chinese market, which is very restrictive for foreign firms, represents a drop in the ocean of Microsoft’s business, accounting for barely 1.8 per cent of its turnover, president Brad Smith said at the beginning of the year.
Today, as the head of his humanitarian Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the 64-year-old has the prestige of a head of state in Beijing.Censorship and control Microsoft, however, operates its professional LinkedIn network in the country by complying with the draconian censorship rules through a local joint venture.It’s not all smooth sailing though, with Bing temporarily taken offline last year, prompting speculation the search engine had been blocked by censors.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)
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