Baidu still selling out searchers

ZHIHU, WHICH OPERATES A MAJOR QUESTION-AND-ANSWER WEBSITE IN CHINA, announced having finished a new round of financing that raised $434 million, with search giant Baidu being a main investor. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

When executives of Zhihu and Baidu signed the contract, they should have taken a moment to remember the name of a young man, Wei Zexi.

Three years ago, the then 21-year-old Wei answered a question "What do you think is evil?" on Zhihu and shared his experiences of seeking medical help for synovial sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. He searched for information about the disease using Baidu's search engine and went to the hospital that ranked first in its search results.