LinkedIn's China bet starts paying off with increase in users

LinkedIn has doubled its user base in China from 4 million to 8 million in the year since it agreed to comply with the country’s rules on censorship.Growth in China took off after the launch of LinkedIn’s Chinese-language site, the U.S. business networking service said in its earnings report Thursday.It’s a positive sign for LinkedIn, when other U.S. Internet firms including Google and eBay have struggled to succeed in China. Fierce local competition and government regulation have often