Microsoft to shut down LinkedIn in China

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Will introduce jobs-only version of the platform later this year.

Microsoft to shut down LinkedIn in China
Microsoft is pulling the plug on LinkedIn in China nearly seven years after its launch and will replace it with a stripped-down version of the platform that would focus only on jobs. LinkedIn is the only major US-owned social network operating in the country, where the government requires such ...

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