Dec 21, 2021 12:15:00

Reported that Amazon had deleted all reviews gathered in President Xi Jinping's book

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Adrienne Hoffman

News agency giant Reuters reported that Amazon had removed reviews and ratings of President Xi Jinping's book at the request of the Chinese government. Reuters describes the act as 'part of Amazon's efforts to expand its business in China.'

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Book of problems,習主seat is marked with a photograph lectures and discourse, such as that went, ' Xi Jinping: The Governance Of China (Japanese title: Xi Jinping said the national administration )' is. The Chinese government has asked Amazon to remove all reviews of the book, 'because of the reviews below 5 stars,' sources told Reuters. According to this, Amazon deleted the review of the book on Amazon.cn, which is a Chinese domain, and invalidated the new review.

If you look at the Amazon.cn sales page , you'll see that there aren't really any reviews.

'This action by Amazon is part of our efforts to keep our business in China, one of the world's largest markets,' Reuters wrote. Amazon has launched the 'China Books Project' to obtain a license to sell e-books in China, including the National Newspaper Publishing and Hiroden General Bureau, a government agency that controls television, radio, newspapers, and publishers throughout China. It is clear from Amazon's internal documents obtained by Reuters that it was proceeding with negotiations with.

Amazon also recognizes that 'China's idealistic control and propaganda are the keys to maintaining power for the Communist Party,' and decides to 'not make a decision as to whether it is correct.' He said he was facing a number of problems in developing his business in China. 'The problems with Amazon's China strategy show that there are challenges facing Western companies when facing the world's most populous markets and the authoritarian regime of media blackouts,' Reuters said. Said.