Why Are Foreign Tech Firms Pulling Out of China?

Why Are Foreign Tech Firms Pulling Out of China?
A woman walks past a Yahoo billboard in a subway in Beijing, China, on March 17, 2006. AP Photo
The Associated Press
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HONG KONG—Yahoo Inc. is leaving the China market, suspending its services there as of Monday amid what it says is an “increasingly challenging” business and legal environment.

Foreign technology firms have been pulling out or downsizing their operations in mainland China as a strict data privacy law specifying how companies collect and store data takes effect.