Tag: China
China Hits Alibaba With A $2.8B Antitrust Fine
China has hit Alibaba, one of the country’s biggest online retailers, with a record US$2.8 billion (18.2 billion yuan) fine, after an investigation found...
China’s Antitrust Regulator Grows Staff As Big Tech Crackdown Grows
China’s competition watchdog is adding staff and other resources as it ramps up efforts to crack down on anti-competitive behavior, especially among the country’s...
Big Data and Competition in China: Antitrust Regulation and Beyond
Today, companies have had no doubt that they compete in terms of data. Data feeds companies to improve the quality of their products, to...
Tencent Boss Meets China Antitrust Regulators Over New Laws
Pony Ma, the founder of Tencent Holdings, China’s biggest social media and video games company, met with antitrust watchdog officials this month to discuss...
China Tells Alibaba To Dump Media Assets
Beijing officials told Alibaba Group to considerably reduce its expansive suite of media assets after reviewing the list and growing concerned about the tech...
Big Tech Faces Regulatory Hurdles In China
Seismic shocks ahead for Big Tech loom — certainly in China, and almost certainly for firms here in the US Bloomberg reported on Friday (March 12)...
China Calls On Big Tech To Share Data
China called on its technology giants to share key data, dealing a further blow to the companies already reeling from heightened antitrust scrutiny, reported...
China Fines 5 Platforms Over Online Grocery Prices
China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has fined five community group buying platforms on Wednesday, March 3, due to their unfair price competition...
Former Google Exec Warns Of China’s Tech Advances
Google’s former CEO told Congress there is an urgent need to increase the pace of technology innovation to keep up with China. The threat...
Chinese Court Accepts ByteDance’s Suit Against Tencent
A lawsuit filed by TikTok parent ByteDance against Tencent Holdings over alleged monopoly practices has been accepted by a court in Beijing, a move...