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Type of site | Web portal |
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| Area served | China |
| Owner | Joint venture Microsoft (50%) |
| URL | cn.msn.com at the Wayback Machine (archived June 2, 2016) |
| Current status | Discontinued |
MSN China was a joint venture of the global software corporation Microsoft, part of its MSN service, located in the People's Republic of China. Unlike most other international versions of the MSN portal, which have used the same layout as the United States since 2014, MSN China utilized a unique design and had a separate editorial division.
In 2010 MSN China announced a partnership with Sina to integrate each other's services as a reaction towards one of mainland China's largest internet companies, Tencent.[1]
In 2016 Microsoft announced that they would discontinue the MSN China website on June 7 in favor of Windows 10 services and would redirect their portal to a number of Chinese websites and their search engine, Bing.[2]
- ^ Kan, Michael (11 November 2010). "MSN China, Sina to Integrate Social Platforms in China". PC World.
- ^ Yan, Sophia (10 May 2016). "Microsoft is giving up on its Chinese web portal". WISN 12.