[gonyea]

Azure in Hong Kong is quite zippy. Even in the depths of inner-China. I was very impressed... and I'd rather host my stuff with Microsoft.

I doubt Alibaba would ever care about protecting your data.

[gscott]

Any company that cares about protecting your data can't operate in China.

[honestoHeminway]

Not Sure Agree

[chii]

> Azure in Hong Kong

Sources tell me that the azure infrastructure there are not actually operated by microsoft, but by a subcontractor, and merely licenses the name from microsoft. I would be quite wary of assuming that microsoft policies apply there.

[discordance]

Correct. It's public knowledge that 21Vianet operates The DCs behind Azure in China.

[jonmaim]

Good to know!