BEIJING, CHINA, December 9, 2003 - SOHU.com (NASDAQ: SOHU), China's leading online media, communications, commerce and mobile value-added services company, today announced that Derek Palaschuk, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice-President Finance, has decided he wants to leave SOHU next year and has so informed the Company. Derek Palaschuk has agreed to stay with the Company until a suitable replacement has been found and to spend some time overlapping with his successor.

“We thank Derek for his tremendous contributions to SOHU in the past three and one half years and understand his wish to move to Shanghai and be united with his family. He's been with us since before the initial public offering, through three acquisitions, a convertible bond issue and the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We wish Derek success in his continuing career,” Charles Zhang, Chairman and CEO of SOHU, said.

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Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. We caution you that the events described in this press release should not be interpreted as having any material effect on SOHU's revenues or profitability. We further caution you that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, SOHU’s historical and possible future losses, limited operating history, uncertain regulatory landscape in the People's Republic of China, fluctuations in quarterly operating results, and the company's reliance on online advertising sales, e-subscriptions (most of which are collected from a few telecom operators) and e-commerce for its revenues. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in SOHU's Annual Report on Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 2002, Quarterly Report on Form 10Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

About SOHU.com
SOHU.com is the leading Internet portal in Mainland China with current daily page views exceeding 12 million. It provides navigation/search, news, sports, business and finance, real estate channel, entertainment, chat, email and e-commerce activities for a solid and wide base of visitors. Dr. Charles Zhang founded SOHU.com in 1997. Its investors include Intel, Dow Jones, IDG, the Morningside China Group, PCCW, Legend and Hikari. Its content partners include CNET, DOW Jones and dozens of local media organizations in China.

For further information:
Dahlia Wei
SOHU Investor Relations and Communications
Tel: +86 10 6272 6598
E-mail: ir@sohu-inc.com
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