BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : AUGUST 2, 1999 ISSUE
INTERNATIONAL -- INT'L COVER STORY The Heavyweights of Chinese Cyberspace PORTAL DESCRIPTION SINA sina.com The most popular Chinese-language portal. Backed by Goldman Sachs, it targets global Chinese from bases in Silicon Valley, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. SOHU sohu.com Founded by MIT graduate Charles Zhang with backing from Intel and Dow Jones. An early leader but has stumbled this year. CHINA.COM china.com A July IPO in the U.S. raised $84 million. Its mainland following is small, but it has portals in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Backed by AOL, Xinhua. NETEASE netease.com A portal owned and run by a private Chinese entrepreneur. It is growing fast and is tied to Cable & Wireless. Pioneering online auctions. ZHAODAOLA zhaodaola.com A latecomer, this Beijing-based portal is backed by televangelist Pat Robertson and a Malaysian conglomerate. YAHOO! gbchinese. yahoo.com The U.S. giant's English-language site remains China's most popular portal. It launched a Chinese site late last year. Reading these sites requires software for Chinese characters. The software can be purchased and downloaded from www.njstar.com, www.richwin.com, or www.unionway.com. DATA: BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					RELATED ITEMS China's Web Masters (int'l edition) INT'L COVER IMAGE: China's Web Masters Online Original: Viewing Chinese Sites: A How To (int'l edition) Online Original: ``We Are Building a Roof before the Foundation and Walls'' (int'l edition) INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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