<p>BEIJING, April 22 (UPI) -- Yahoo! has announced it will close its Chinese email service in August, advising users to register with a new service to prevent loss of emails and data.</p><p>Users are being urged to register with AliCloud, a product run by Yahoo! China's parent company Alibaba, before the service is completely closed Aug. 19, Digitalspy.com reported.</p><p>Yahoo! China has been a part of Alibaba since a deal with reached in 2005 with Yahoo! Inc., although Chinese website Sina Tech is carrying reports suggesting the company is eager to return the operation to its U.S. parent next month.</p><p>"We will offer several options to our users to make this transition as smooth as possible, and China Yahoo! users will have four months time to migrate their accounts."</p><p><a href="http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2013/04/22/Yahoo-to-shutter-China-email-service-in-August/UPI-73441366679770/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/04/22/yahoo-mail-service-china-close-august/FHesGFaFmhen0Ksml7Vm5O/story.html">Chinese e-mail users soon won't have Yahoo service</a> (Boston Globe)</p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/22/yahoo-china-email-service-closing_n_3133622.html">Yahoo To Close China Email Service In August - Huffington Post</a> (Huffington Post)</p><p><a href="http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-04/22/yahoo-china-email">Yahoo! decides to close its Chinese mail service</a> (Wired.co.uk)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dGeTWS5YQRsEf_M4x_7ce5E0WknwM&ned=us">46 additional articles.</a></p>