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Termination Agreement between Sohu.com Inc and Victor Koo

 Exhibit 10.1 
  
 As of November 15, 2004 
  
 Charles Zhang 
 Chairman of the Board 
 Sohu.com Inc. 
 15F Bright China Chang An Building 
 Beijing China 
  
 Dear Charles, 
  
 Please accept my
formal resignation as follows: 
  
 a) Effective at the close of
business on March 31, 2005 (the “Effective Date”), subject to the acceptance of my resignation by the Board of Directors of Sohu.com Inc. (“SOHU”), I hereby resign from all officer, manager and director positions I hold in SOHU
and all affiliated and related entities (collectively with SOHU, the “Sohu Group”). Beginning at that time I will cease having any rights to use any titles in such entities or with respect to any of the businesses operated by the Sohu
Group. 
  
 b) Commencing on April 1, 2005 and ending September 30,
2005 (the “Consulting Period”), I will serve as a part-time consultant to SOHU reporting to Charles Zhang. My consulting fees shall be $68,000 (gross) in total, which shall be paid on a monthly basis at the rate of $11,333 (gross) per
month. The scope of my consulting services will be limited to strategic and major partnership matters. During the consulting period, I will be free to seek full-time employment or to serve as a board director or to provide consulting services to
other entities, provided that I will devote such hours to my consulting duties for SOHU as reasonably requested by SOHU. 
  
 c) I agree that, for a period of one year after the end of the Consulting Period (the “Non-compete Period”), I will not, on my own behalf, or as
owner, manager, stockholder, consultant, director, officer or employee of or in any other manner connected with any business entity, participate or be involved with any Competitor without the prior written authorization of SOHU.
“Competitor” means any horizontal portal business of the type and character of business in which SOHU engages and may include, without limitation, an individual, company, enterprise, partnership enterprise, government office, committee,
social organization or other organization that produces, distributes or provides the same or substantially similar kind of product or service to any product or service provided by SOHU and includes, without limitation, Sina, Yahoo, Tom and Netease.
SOHU and I agree that this paragraph and the paragraph below will replace Section 1 and Section 2 of the Employee Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation, Confidential Information and Work Product Agreement (the “Employee Obligations Agreement”)
I entered into with SOHU, but that all other provisions of the Employee Obligations Agreement will survive the termination of my employment in accordance with its terms. 
  
 d) I hereby agree that, after the termination of my employment and during the Non-compete Period, I will not, directly or
indirectly, by any means, cause other employees at SOHU to resign, or employ other employees at SOHU to serve for me or other entities. 
  
 e) SOHU agrees that my health insurance benefits and life insurance at the same level as is described in Section 4(b) and Section 4(c) of the Employment
Agreement (the “Employment Agreement”), effective as of January 1, 2003, between SOHU and me will be continued through December 31, 2005. 
  

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 f) SOHU agrees that I will continue to receive through September 30, 2005 the base annual salary provided
in Section 3(a) of the Employment Agreement and the housing allowance provided in Section 4(d) of the Employment Agreement. 
  
 g) SOHU agrees that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sohu’s 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (“Incentive Plan”) or the applicable
agreements and certificates, my options to purchase common stock of SOHU will continue to vest through September 30, 2005 in accordance with the vesting schedules provided in the applicable agreements and, to the extent vested, will be exercisable
by me through March 31, 2006 in accordance with the Incentive Plan. 
  
 h) SOHU agrees that I will receive a bonus for the period from January 1, 2005 through March 31, 2005 pro-rated for such period, to the extent of any bonus that I would have received for the entire 2005 year. 
  
 i) Except for Section 6(f), Section 7(c) and Sections 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of
the Employment Agreement, which will survive indefinitely, SOHU and I hereby agree that the Employment Agreement will be terminated effective as of the Effective Date. 
  
 j) I hereby agree, on my own behalf, and on behalf of my heirs, successors and assigns, that the terms of this letter
agreement will be in complete and final settlement of any and all claims, rights, interests, demands, compensation and damages (“Claims”), whether known or unknown, of every name and nature, both in law and equity, I have or may have, or
have ever had from the beginning of the world to this date, against any member of the Sohu Group, or any director, officer, employee, independent contractor, consultant, stockholder, manager, member, partner, trustee, beneficiary or agent of any of
the foregoing through the date hereof, in any way relating to or arising out of my employment with SOHU, and the termination of such employment. This release does not release SOHU from any of its obligations under this letter agreement. 

 
 k) In exchange for my promises and agreements contained herein, and
subject in all events to the effectiveness of this letter agreement, SOHU agrees that the terms of this letter agreement will be in complete and final settlement of any and all Claims, whether known or unknown, of every name and nature, both in law
and equity, it has or may have, or has ever had from the beginning of the world to this date, against me through the date it has signed this letter agreement, in any way related to or arising out of my employment with SOHU and the termination of
such employment. This release does not release me from, or waive any of the rights of SOHU or any other member of the Sohu Group with respect to, (i) any of my obligations under this letter agreement or (ii) any act or omission that constitutes
gross negligence, intentional misconduct, fraud, bad faith or a knowing material violation of law. 
  
 l) I understand and acknowledge that this letter agreement is subject to approval of SOHU’s Board of Directors, and will have no force or effect
until so approved. 
  

	
	Very truly yours,
	
	 /s/ Victor Koo

	Victor Koo

  

			
	Accepted and agreed to:
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Charles Zhang

	 	 	Charles Zhang
	 	 	Sohu.com Inc.
	 	 	Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

  

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 Exhibit 10.2 
  
 Hosting Service Agreement 
  
 Party A: Beijing Sohu Internet Information Service Co., Ltd. 
 Address:
8-15/F, Vision International Center, No.1 Park Zhongguancun East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 
 Legal Representative: Zhang Chaoyang 
 Contact: Zhao Jing 
 Tel: 62728801 
  
 Party B: China Network Communications Group Corporation Beijing 
 Address: No. 6 South Street Fuxinmen, Xicheng District, Beijing 
 Legal
Representative: Zhao Jidong 
 Contact: Liu Hui 
 Tel: 66516470

  
 Party C: Beijing Sohu New Era Information Technology Co., Ltd. 
 Address: 8-15/F, Vision International Center, No.1 Park Zhongguancun East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 
 Legal Representative: Zhang Chaoyang 
 Contact: Zhao Jing 
 Tel: 62728801 
  
 Beijing Sohu Internet
Information Service Co., Ltd. (hereinafter known as Party A), China Network Communications Group Corporation Beijing (hereinafter known as Party B), and Beijing Sohu New Era Information Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter known as
Party C), after consensus among three parties regarding Party B providing data center service for Party A, have reached agreement as follows: 
  
 I. Party B agrees Party A to place its information server and accessory equipments in Party B’s mandatory communication room (hereinafter known as
“communication room”) to initiate its Internet information service. 
  
 II. Rights and Obligations of Party A 
  
 1. Party A shall provide a
duplicate copy of Value-Added Telecommunications Services Operating License or a related proof of filing of non-operating Internet information service to Party B. 
  
 2. Should Party A plan to provide electronic bulletin service, a special application or special filing shall be submitted to the relevant
authorities in accordance with the laws and regulations of the People’s Republic of China, and shall provide the related proofs of the special application or special filing. 
  
 3. Party A’s information operation must conform to the “Administrative Procedure for Internet Information Service”,
“Administrative Provision for Internet Electronic Bulletin Service”, and other relevant laws and regulations of the People’s Republic of China. Party A shall not engage in any illegal operation and shall be held liable for any legal
liability induced by its information operation. 
  

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 4. The information server equipment placed by Party A in Party B’s communication mechanical room shall meet all the
technical interface indices and terminal communication technical standards of communication network of the People’s Republic of China. Electronic features and communication methods shall not affect the safety of public network. 
  
 5. Party A shall comply to the administrative rules of mechanical room of Party B and shall
assure the safety of its information server equipment and information content. 
  
 6. Party A shall make payment to Party B in accordance with the amount, due date and method stipulated in this Agreement. 
  
 7. Should Party A require Party B to provide services, such as reset of the host computer, Party A shall provide accurate contact telephone number to Party B for
confirmation. Should the telephone number provided by Party A be inaccurate or notification of telephone number change be delayed leading to failure of confirmation by Party B, Party B shall reserve the right not to bear the obligation of providing
services, such as reset of host computer of Party A. Party A shall be held liable to bear all related losses. 
  
 8. Within 30 days of placing server in Party B’s mechanical room, Party A shall process the relevant filing procedure in Beijing Computer Security Inspection Department. The contact of Beijing Computer Security
Inspection Department is Wang Qi, and the telephone number is 65249006. 
  
 9.
Party A shall be fully liable for any incorrect operation leading to damage of Party B’s equipment. The compensation shall be limited to the replacement cost of the damaged equipment and hardware, excluding the relevant software, databanks, and
the similar configurations. 
  
 10. Party A promises that the exclusive line
provided by Party B shall only be used for hosting server maintenance and data update and shall not be used for connection to Internet. 
  
 11. Should Party A applies services from Party B, relevant services orders shall be signed between both parties. 
  
 III. Rights and Obligations of Party B 
  
 1. The standard mechanical room environment provided by Party B for placement of information
server of Party A shall include air conditioning, illumination, temperature, and anti-static floor panels. 
  
 2. Party B shall provide dual lines of uninterrupted power supply to Party A, and every rack shall be able to provide total load of 13A of power per line. Party A guarantees that the total load will not exceed 13A in
the other line when tripping occurs in one line of power supply. Otherwise, Party A shall be liable for any consequence. The height of rack provided by Party B to Party A shall be 60U. 
  
 3. Party B guarantees 99.9% of connection of network system of Party A, i.e. the time of failure of connection is less than 44 minutes
(forty-four minutes) for each month. 
  

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 “Network connection” refers to the connection between * Ethernet interface assigned to Party A by Party B and
trunk line of China 169 in Beijing region. 
  
 “Network connection
failure” refers to failure of connection or meeting to stipulated connection rate between * Ethernet interface assigned to Party A by Party B and trunk line of China 169 in Beijing region due to Party B’s fault. 
  
 “Time of network connection failure” refers to the accumulated time of connection
failure, which is reported to Party B within 24 hours of occurrence of “network connection failure” by Party A and confirmed by Party B that the connection failure is fault of Party B. The time is not calculated in the “time of
network connection failure” due to the following reasons: 
  

	 	•	 	Result of network maintenance by Party B with an advance notice to Party A 

  

	 	•	 	Caused by any circuit or equipment of Party A 

  

	 	•	 	Result of application programs or installation activities of Party A 

  

	 	•	 	Result of negligence of Party A or authorized operation of Party A 

  
 4. Party A shall submit the information content to the relevant competent authorities for examination to assure the quality and healthiness of information. Should the
information of Party A violate laws, regulations, and policies, Party B shall temporarily suspend or permanently terminate the online service of Party A in accordance with the instructions from the relevant authorities. 
  
 5. Should Party B affect or may affect the online service of Party A due to network
construction, Party B shall notify the relevant contact of Party A at least 24 hours in advance. Should Party B fail to notify 24 hours in advance causing Party A to suffer loss, Party B shall be held for breach of this Agreement according to
Agreement on Quality of Information Center Services (Appendix I). Should the information provided by Party A be erroneous or Party A fail to promptly inform Party B about the change of contact leading to delay, Party B shall not be held liable.

  
 6. Party B cannot guarantee that the service provided can absolutely prevent
the loss, change, and unauthorized access of Party A’s data storing in the host computer in the mechanical room of Party B. 
  
 7. Should Party B, according to its own judgment, believe that the utilization of service by Party A may result in serious threat to computer safety or serious
interference to data center of Party B or the normal operation of the related services or some actions during the utilization of service by Party A are prohibited by court or governmental order, Party A shall have the right to restrict or terminate
all or partial service used by Party A. 
  
 8. Party B shall properly keep
consigned equipment of Party A. Should the fault of Party B cause damage to equipment of Party A, Party B shall compensate the loss. The compensation shall be limited to the replacement cost of the equipment or hardware, excluding the related
software, databank, or similar configurations. 
  
 IV. Obligations of Party C

  
 Party C shall pay the fees to Party B in accordance with the amount, payment
time, and method stipulated in this Agreement. 
  

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 V. Content of Service 
  
 Through friendly negotiations between Party A and Party B, Party B shall provide the following package services to Party A: 
  
 1. Party B shall provide Party A network connection bandwidth as follows: [*] 
  
 2. Party B shall provide * standard racks in Zaojunmiao mechanical room for the placement of
information server and accessory equipment of Party A (hereinafter known as information server). These information servers shall be separately placed in VIP mechanical cages. In the agreement period, Party B shall reserve * similar racks for Party A
and Party A shall use these reserved racks by batches or in phases. Party A shall pay to Party B as * based on the actual used racks. 
  
 3. Party B shall provide * of fibers exclusive lines from 11th floor Vision International Centre to Zaojunmiao IDC. * of these fibers is used for connection and * as the backup line. 
  
 4. In order to the development of the Party A’s website, Party B shall provide * of network gateway bandwidth for connecting to Party B’s trunk line network of
China 169 in Beijing region, which has the unique connection ability of * and connect * links. This line is used for office operation and network services of Party A only and is not allowed to be used for any other purpose. 
  
 5. Party B shall provide * IP addresses for Party A. IP addresses: [*] 
  
 6. Party B shall be responsible for the daily maintenance and equipment safety of information
server of Party A and shall implement around-the-clock specially assigned person on-duty system to assure the normal operation of information server of Party A. 
  

7. Party B shall assist Party A undergoing equipment installation, connection testing, and domain name setup. 
  
 VI. Operation and Ownership of Property Right 
  
 1. The property right of facilities and equipment of Party B that are used to accommodate
information server of Party A shall belong to Party B. 
  
 2. The information
server and accessory equipment of Party A that are placed in the mechanical room of Party B shall belong to Party A. Under this Agreement, Party A shall have the right to autonomy in business operations 
  

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 VII. Fees, Payment Time, and Payment Method 
  
 1. Party A and Party C shall pay a total of * to Party B. [*] 
  
 2. Party A shall pay to Party B for the new leased racks as of * per month. These new leased racks shall be confirmed by Party A.

  
 3. Party B shall mail the balance statement to Party A and Party C on the
21st day of every month. 
  
 4. Party A and Party C shall pay the fee for the service provided from the 21st day of previous month to the 20th day of this month within 10
working days after 21st day of every month. 
  
 5. Should there be readjustment of national charging fee within the effective period of the Agreement, the three parties shall negotiate and
execute in accordance with the new charging fee standard. 
  
 6. Party A and Party
C shall pay the fees to Party B in the form of check. Party B shall provide official receipt equivalent to the amount of payment to Party A and Party C upon the receipt of check. 
  
 VIII. Liability for Breach of Contract 
  
 1. Should any party of Party A and Party C fail to pay the fees to Party B in accordance with the amount, payment time, and method stipulated under the Agreement, Party A
and Party C shall be held liable jointly, and shall pay a penalty of * of the due amount daily to Party B. Should the delay of payment exceed 30 days, Party B shall reserve the right to temporarily suspend the online service of Party A. Should the
delay exceed 60 days, Party B shall have the right to terminate the online service of Party A and ask for payment of the due fees and penalty charges. Party B shall restore the on-line service of Party A within 48 hours of receiving the due payments
and penalty charges from Party A. 
  
 2. Should Party B fail to provide the
service with quality stated in Appendix I in any one month, Party B shall exempt Party A’s expenses as stipulation in Appendix I. 
  
 3. Should the incorrect operation of Party A lead to economic losses of Party B, Party A shall be held liable fully and shall compensate for all related losses of Party
B. 
  
 4. Should any party of Party A, Party B, and Party C discretionarily
terminate the Agreement and hence caused losses to other two parties, the party terminating the Agreement shall bear all the losses incurred to the other parties. If Party A or Party B terminates the agreement unilaterally with the effective period
of the Agreement, Party A or Party C shall compensate Party B for * per remaining month in the Agreement. 
  
 IX. Exemption Clause 
  
 1. Should any party fail
to execute this Agreement due to force majeure, some or all of the responsibilities may be exempted according to the impact of force majeure. However, should the occurrence of force majeure take place after delay fulfillment of the obligation by the
party, the responsibility shall not be exempted. 
  

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 2. Should any party fail to execute the Agreement due to force majeure, the party shall promptly inform the other two
parties to minimize the possible losses and shall provide the proof of force majeure and its effect on the execution of the Agreement within a reasonable time period. 
  
 3. Due to the unique features of Internet, the speed of the connection may be reduced at times, or the connection may be discontinued
briefly. Both Party A and Party B acknowledge that these occurrences are normal. However, the annual accumulated discontinuing time shall not exceed 2 hours, and Party B shall not be held liable within this limit. Should the discontinuing time
exceed 2 hours within one year, Party B shall reduce the fee payment by Party A in accordance with Data Service Terms in Appendix I. 
  
 X. Dispute Resolution 
  
 Any disputes arising from the execution of, or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled through friendly negotiations among three parties. In case no consensus be reached through negotiations, the disputes
shall be submitted to Beijing Arbitration Commission for arbitration in accordance with its rules of procedure. 
  
 XI. Term of Agreement, Termination, Amendment, and Renewal 
  
 1. This Agreement shall be effective from December 21, 2004 to December 20, 2005. 
  

2. Should any party desire to terminate this Agreement within the effective period of this Agreement, a written request shall be submitted to the other two parties 30
days in advance, and this Agreement may be terminated upon the approval of other two parties. However, the party requesting termination shall bear the related losses of other two parties. 
  
 3. Should there be any adjustment of national laws, regulations, or policies or three parties desire to modify certain terms, three parties
shall modify the content of the Agreement or terminate this Agreement in accordance with the national laws, regulations, or policies. 
  
 4. The Agreement shall be renewed after all three parties have reached consensus as it is terminated. 
  
 5 This Agreement shall have eight copies with party A and Party C each holding two copies and Party B holding four copies. Each copy has the
same legal power. 
  
 Appendix I: Agreement on Quality of Data Center Services

 Appendix II: Services Orders on the Consigned IDC Hosting Computer 
  

Party A: (Seal) 
  
 Legal Representative: (Signature) 
  
 Authorized
Proxy: (Signature) 
  

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 Signing Date: April 12, 2005 
  
 Party B: (Seal) 
  
 Leading Official of Company: (Signature) 
  
 Authorized Proxy: (Signature) 
  
 Signing Date: April 12, 2005

  
 Party C: (Seal) 
  
 Legal Representative: (Signature) 
  
 Authorized Proxy: (Signature) 
  
 Signing Date: April 12, 2005 
  
 The symbol
‘*’ on this page indicates places where information has been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment and filed separately with the Commission. 
  

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