There is one piece of news about Microsoft China by China Business Times. I Quote here:
Title: Microsoft has no lay-off plan
Days ago, on the eighth China management annual meeting, Microsoft global senior Vice-President, Microsoft China Research and development Lab President Zhang YaQin announced the latest recruitment progress of Microsoft China, said "from this July to the present, Microsoft China altogether has hired more than 400 people, in which researchers and developers account for the most." Facing the situation which global PC brands as Dell, HP etc. exposed the lay-off plan one after another, Zhang YaQin said frankly, even Microsoft has no lay-off plan, but will be more prudent in terms of hiring.
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