【新唐人2011年10月5日讯】10多年前美国信息产业大公司“雅虎”以超过10亿美元的投资，成为“阿里巴巴”最大股东，10多年后已发展成为全球用户量最多的互联网“阿里巴巴”，公司主席兼CEO马云公开表示，有意全部收购雅虎公司。分析人士质疑，即使马云收购成功，雅虎的大多数用户会放心把自己的信息资料交给一家中国公司吗？
中国最大的电子商务公司“阿里巴巴”公司，目前市值170亿美元，公司主席马云30号在美国加州斯坦福大学发表演说时表示:“非常非常有兴趣”收买“雅虎公司”。
《美国之音》报导，“雅虎”10多年前曾拥有世界首屈一指的门户网站，但随着互联网产业信息技术市场迅速变化，“雅虎”由先进走向衰败，报导指出，雅虎一连串的大失误，如：向中共当局提供用户个人信息，使批评当局者获罪并判重刑，从而动摇了用户对“雅虎”的信心。
中国艺术研究院学者吴祚来：“不知背后是什么原因触动了它（阿里巴巴）做出了这样一个选择，因为雅虎在国内确实没有多大的（市场），徒有其名，不知它（收购）是什么动机。但我不看好。”
08年，互联网产业巨头微软曾提议，以高于市场价并购雅虎，雅虎拒绝而坐失良机。从那时起“雅虎”市价大跌。陷入经营不振的“雅虎”，在9月6号解雇了首席执行官卡罗尔•巴茨。于是人们也在猜测雅虎公司有可能把自己出售。
中国艺术研究院学者吴祚来：“中国互联网的政策包括各方面的限制大家都看得见，国内的一些网络发展的也是很不容易，只要涉及到一些敏感的话题，涉及到一些（问题）、曝光一些问题都会面临着一些打压。中国的市场不好做，国外的一些网络在中国也很难，包括谷歌，他都未必敢要按照自己的原则做，都会招到一些很大的一个阻力，雅虎在中国也是徒有其名了吧，没什么大的影响力了。”
“阿里巴巴”成立于1999年，总部设在中国杭州，当初得益于“雅虎”的重大投资，从而成为全世界用户最多的互联网市场，“雅虎公司”目前仍持有“阿里巴巴集团”40%的股份，加上它控制的“雅虎日本”股份，构成了雅虎重要的亚洲资产，比雅虎在美国的业务价值更受业界关注。“阿里巴巴集团”先前多次试图全部收回雅虎所持有的股权，但一直碰壁。
北京宪政学者陈永苗：“我觉得这个是非常正常的，现在厉害的公司，推特啊，或者是其它的脸书啊，你可以看到就是说互联网公司它可以成长为跨国公司，给自由创造因素是离开不了的，一旦在自由创造这个层面你没有突破的话，没有新的创造的话，利不利于被取而代之。”
“隐私权权益”活动家们，和在美国的其他中国问题观察家告诫说，“雅虎”有可能归中共控制，这种可能性给“雅虎”在其他国家的用户带来了相当显着的隐私权不保的风险，并有可能在华盛顿招致反弹。
北京宪政学者陈永苗：“中国这样一个体系内他都是一个被限制的一个体系，对于互联网的本身来说，他的自由因素丧失，自由因素是互联网能成为国际企业，跨国企业一个非常重要的原因，如果拿到中共体制内的话，那么自由因素就慢慢的丧失掉。”
在中国营业的外国互联网公司必须交出用户的个人资料才能继续留在中国。2005年中共当局凭借雅虎在香港机构交出的所谓证据，将一个中国记者判了10年。
北京的中国互联网产业分析家和投资人利明璋10月3号发表题为“美国政府可能阻止阿里巴巴收购雅虎”的博文指出，雅虎有上亿的电子邮件账号，有美国互联网用户几十亿、几百亿的互联网浏览活动资料，还有美国人上亿的信用卡资料以及支付信息。即使马云收购了雅虎，在解决雅虎眼下的一大堆问题之外，他也可能面临许多运营方面的挑战。例如，雅虎的大多数用户会放心地把自己的信息资料交给一家中国公司吗？
新唐人记者秦雪、李韵、孙宁采访报导。
Alibaba’s Pursuit of Yahoo Not Positive, Say Analysts
More than ten years ago, the U.S. information industry giant, Yahoo, invested more than $1billion in Alibaba, becoming its biggest shareholder. After 10 years, Alibaba grew into an internet company with the largest user-base in the world. Chairman and CEO of Alibaba, Jack Ma, announced that he is interested in acquiring Yahoo. Analysts seriously question his intentions. Even if Jack was sucessful in acquiring Yahoo, would most Yahoo’s users feel safe handing over their personal information to a Chinese company?
The Alibaba Group is China biggest e-commerce company, with a market value of $17 billion. On Sept. 30, while speaking at Stanford University, Jack said he is very, very interested in Yahoo.
Voice of America (VOA) reported that 10 years ago, Yahoo was a world-leading Internet company but lost its market share due to sweeping changes in the Internet industry. VOA said Yahoo lost its users’ confidence after it made a series of big mistakes, one of which was providing users’ private information to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This breach of trust resulted in some people, who were critical of the CCP regime, being convicted and sentenced to severe punishment.
Wu Zuolai, a Chinese National Academy of Arts scholar: “(06：22－06：39) I don’t know the reason behind Alibaba’s push to pursue Yahoo, as Yahoo doesn’t enjoy a good market in China. It only has a big name. I don’t know their motivation. (06：48－06：50) I don’t feel optimistic about this deal.”
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20111003-World-Press-Coverage-on-China-131000043.html
In 2008, the internet industry giant, Microsoft, made a bid to acquire Yahoo for a price much higher than its market value. However, Yahoo rejected the deal and missed the opportunity. Since then, Yahoo stock has steadily lost value. Yahoo fired CEO Carol Bartz on Sept. 6, and people are guessing that Yahoo may offer itealf up for sale.
Wu Zuolai, Chinese National Academy of Arts scholar: “(03：39) Everybody can see that China’s internet policy is full of restrictions and thus it is not easy for the country’s internet to develop. Users face suppression if they search for sensitive topics or issues, exposing themselves to untold hardships. 02:56 It is not easy for foreign Internet companies to operate in China, Google being one example. If they want to operate in China following their own business philosophy, they will face huge resistance from the CCP. Yahoo doesn’t have a big influence in China, but it does have a big name.”
Founded in 1999 and headquarted in Hangzhou City, China, Alibaba has benefited from Yahoo’s significant investment, which has allowed it to grow into an internet company with the largest user-base worldwide. To date, Yahoo holds 40% of Alibaba’s stock. Yahoo’s shares in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan, are important assets of Yahoo in Asia, and are more concerned by the industry compare with Yahoo in US. Alibaba attempted many times to buy its stock back from Yahoo, but each time they were refused.
Chen YongMiao, a Beijing constitutional scholar: “(07：54－08：23) I think it’s very normal. Like Twitter and Facebook, the reason why those companies grew into such powerful companies, is freedom. Once a company’s freedom is restricted, it will lose its ability to innovate and will eventually be replaced by another company.”
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20111003-World-Press-Coverage-on-China-131000043.html
Privacy rights activists and other U.S. China-watchers said that it’s possible that the CCP will eventually control Yahoo. If that happens, it will bring a significant risk to Yahoo users worldwide, with many of them having their private information exposed. This move will surely be challenged by the U.S. government.
Chen Yong Miao, a Beijing constitutional scholar: “(03：16－03：41) China has a restriction system in place that controls everything. So China’s Internet lacks freedom. But freedom is the key to an Internet company’s growth in the international arena. If a foreign Internet company entered China’s system, it will lose its freedom, step-by-step.”
In China, foreign internet companies have to hand over users’ personal information to the CCP authorities, otherwise, they can’t operate in China. In 2005, a Chinese reporter was sentenced to 10 years in prison just because of the so-called evidence that Yahoo Hong Kong handed over to the CCP authorities.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20111003-World-Press-Coverage-on-China-131000043.html
Li Mingzhang, an internet industry analyst and Beijing investor, blogged on Oct. 3 that the “U.S. government may block Alibaba’s pursuit of Yahoo.” He said that Yahoo has billions of email accounts, billions of documents that track Yahoo users’ activities, and billions of credit card details and payment information. Even if Jack Ma did eventually manage to acquire Yahoo, he would still have to face lots of challenges, besides the current issues. For example, will most Yahoo users feel safe handing over their personal documents to a Chinese company?
NTD Reporter: Qin Xue, Li Yun and Sun Ning
