Tencent to take China search engine Sogou private


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Chinese search engine Sogou confirmed Tuesday it would be taken private by tech giant Tencent, in a deal that values the US-listed firm at around $3.5 billion. The announcement comes a day after Chinese internet giant Sina Corp, parent company of the country's Twitter-like platform Weibo, said it would be taken private. A growing number of Chinese companies have delisted from the US or opted for secondary, domestic listings as the world's two superpowers butt heads over a number of issues including technology, Hong Kong and the virus. Sohu.com, which is Sogou's parent company, said in a statement that the...