Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Microsoft is shutting down its business and employment-oriented online service LinkedIn in China. The reason behind is that they are having to comply with the Chinese state has become increasingly challenging.
According to the reports, after the career-networking site faced questions for blocking the profiles of some journalists the decision was taken. Later this year Microsoft will launch a jobs-only version of the site, called InJobs but this will not include a social feed or the ability to share or post articles.
LinkedIn senior vice-president Mohak Shroff wrote in a blog quoting- “We’re facing a significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements in China.”
When it launched there in 2014, Linkedin had agreed to adhere to the requirements of the Chinese government in order to operate in China but also promised to be transparent about how it conducted business in the country and said it disagreed with government censorship. Recently, LinkedIn blacklisted several journalists’ accounts, including those of Melissa Chan and Greg Bruno, from its China-based website.
