According to a former Amazon executive involved in talks with China, the company secured some, but not all, of the government approvals it needed to sell Kindle devices and e-books.
That situation gave the government leverage over the retailer, the former executive said. "It was a wink and a nod." Amazon's public-policy team came up with the China Books project as a novel way "to get what we wanted on Kindle and other things," the person said.
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"We remain committed to our customers in China. As a global business, we periodically evaluate our offerings and make adjustments, wherever we operate," a spokesperson for Amazon said in an emailed statement.
Other Western internet companies, including Microsoft's LinkedIn, Yahoo and Airbnb Inc have cut services in or retreated completely from China in recent months, Classic Books amid government efforts to tighten control over online content and new laws targeting data sharing and customer privacy.
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The venture - which eventually offered more than 90,000 publications for sale - hasn't generated significant revenue. But the document shows that it was seen by Amazon as crucial to winning support in China as the company grew its Kindle electronic-book device, cloud-computing and e-commerce businesses. site, Amazon.com - a project that came to be known as China Books.
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SHANGHAI, June 2 (Reuters) - Amazon.com said it will stop supplying retailers in China with its Kindle e-readers from Thursday and will shut its Kindle e-bookstore there next year, in the latest pullback by a U.S.
tech firm from the restrictive Chinese market.
One impressed user raved: 'I was after a quiet fan for the bedroom and wasn't disappointed.
I can easily sleep while on low, not too loud. The oscillation is a very wide angle, so great for keeping the whole room cool.'
Our relationship with CIBTC is entirely appropriate." "Details about the company are readily available online," Amazon told Reuters, "and CIBTC has placed its name and logo prominently throughout its page.
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The report detailed how the Kindle business was one it had sought to expand in China, and cited an internal 2018 Amazon briefing document that said by the end of 2017, China had become Kindle's largest global market, "accounting for 40%+ of our world device sales volume".
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BOGOTA - The election of Colombia's first leftist president, Gustavo Petro, is indicative of widespread yearning for a more equal and inclusive society, analysts and business leaders said, but the former guerrilla will need to act fast to reassure investors.
The election of a former guerrilla marks a radical change for a country still scarred by decades of conflict and highlights the depth of frustration with a right-leaning political establishment accused of overseeing a wide gap between rich and poor.
SAO PAULO - The boat used by killed British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira to travel to Brazil's Amazon was found on Sunday evening, authorities said in a press statement.
Amazon Books declined to make Carney available for an interview. According to the briefing document, the Cyberspace Administration of China, or CAC, asked Amazon in 2018 to take down a "link to China's new blockbuster film Amazing China because of especially harsh user reviews." The CAC is responsible for online security and content regulation.
Amazon, by contrast, has grown into a powerful economic force in China in recent years, providing lucrative export opportunities to thousands of Chinese businesses while growing its own industry-leading cloud-services unit.
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According to a former Amazon executive involved in talks with China, the company secured some, but not all, of the government approvals it needed to sell Kindle devices and e-books.That situation gave the government leverage over the retailer, the former executive said. "It was a wink and a nod." Amazon's public-policy team came up with the China Books project as a novel way "to get what we wanted on Kindle and other things," the person said.
Because today, a Mail investigation reveals what happened after Black Friday last year, proving yet again that the number of genuine one-off deals worth sharpening your elbows for are, in truth, scarce.
'It belongs to a woman who said "enough".
It belongs to a woman who inspired more than 100,000 thousand similarly pissed exhausted women and men to take to the streets across this country to roar in numbers too big to ignore.
"We remain committed to our customers in China. As a global business, we periodically evaluate our offerings and make adjustments, wherever we operate," a spokesperson for Amazon said in an emailed statement.
Other Western internet companies, including Microsoft's LinkedIn, Yahoo and Airbnb Inc have cut services in or retreated completely from China in recent months, Classic Books amid government efforts to tighten control over online content and new laws targeting data sharing and customer privacy.
The Project won the award for Most Outstanding News Coverage or Public Affairs Report for Lisa Wilkinson's interview with the former political staffer, who alleges she was raped by a colleague in Parliament House in 2019.
The venture - which eventually offered more than 90,000 publications for sale - hasn't generated significant revenue. But the document shows that it was seen by Amazon as crucial to winning support in China as the company grew its Kindle electronic-book device, cloud-computing and e-commerce businesses. site, Amazon.com - a project that came to be known as China Books.
Christian Wilkins upstages everyone at the 2022 Logie Awards... Lisa Wilkinson's gushing post in support of Grace Tame... TV's biggest stars look worse for wear... ABC star Tony Armstrong's blistering response to hater's...
SHANGHAI, June 2 (Reuters) - Amazon.com said it will stop supplying retailers in China with its Kindle e-readers from Thursday and will shut its Kindle e-bookstore there next year, in the latest pullback by a U.S.
tech firm from the restrictive Chinese market.
One impressed user raved: 'I was after a quiet fan for the bedroom and wasn't disappointed.
I can easily sleep while on low, not too loud. The oscillation is a very wide angle, so great for keeping the whole room cool.'
Our relationship with CIBTC is entirely appropriate." "Details about the company are readily available online," Amazon told Reuters, "and CIBTC has placed its name and logo prominently throughout its page.
This £12 ice-roller has gone viral with... Thousands of shoppers rate this 'loose, comfortable summer... Summer must-have: This £29.99 pop-up beach tent is the... Hot weather hacks: Shoppers say these £10 cooling towels...
The report detailed how the Kindle business was one it had sought to expand in China, and cited an internal 2018 Amazon briefing document that said by the end of 2017, China had become Kindle's largest global market, "accounting for 40%+ of our world device sales volume".
All that glitters The 'gold' jewellery with plating that's... Easy swaps to beat inflation: Ditch margarine for butter,... ASK TONY: I lost Mum and Dad within 10 weeks, but bank won't... What you SHOULD do if your energy firm goes bust: Will my...
SAO PAULO - The chief executive of Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras resigned on Monday in the face of mounting pressure from politicians after the firm announced a fuel price hike last week, adding to inflation concerns in an election year.
BOGOTA - The election of Colombia's first leftist president, Gustavo Petro, is indicative of widespread yearning for a more equal and inclusive society, analysts and business leaders said, but the former guerrilla will need to act fast to reassure investors.
The election of a former guerrilla marks a radical change for a country still scarred by decades of conflict and highlights the depth of frustration with a right-leaning political establishment accused of overseeing a wide gap between rich and poor.
SAO PAULO - The boat used by killed British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira to travel to Brazil's Amazon was found on Sunday evening, authorities said in a press statement.
Amazon Books declined to make Carney available for an interview. According to the briefing document, the Cyberspace Administration of China, or CAC, asked Amazon in 2018 to take down a "link to China's new blockbuster film Amazing China because of especially harsh user reviews." The CAC is responsible for online security and content regulation.
Amazon, by contrast, has grown into a powerful economic force in China in recent years, providing lucrative export opportunities to thousands of Chinese businesses while growing its own industry-leading cloud-services unit.