Tag: China
ByteDance’s Suit Alleges Tencent Violated China’s Antitrust Laws
ByteDance’s Douyin launched a lawsuit against Tencent Holdings alleging that its WeChat and QQ platforms are in violation of China's antitrust laws, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday,...
Short Video App Douyin Sues Tencent For Monopolistic Behavior
ByteDance’s Chinese short video app Douyin has filed a complaint with a court in Beijing to sue Tencent Holdings for monopolistic behavior and asked...
Systems Competition – China’s Challenge to the Competition Order: Do we...
By Dr. Thorsten Käseberg & Dr. Sophie Gappa (German Federal Government)1
I. Introduction: A Systemic Challenge to the Competition Order
The European Union, and Germany in...
China Creates Conference System To Oversee Unfair Market Practices
China is forming a ministerial conference system to coordinate efforts to crack down on unfair market competition after tightening its oversight of tech titans...
China Introduces New Legislation To Curb Online Shopping Giants
China’s market regulator has taken its first major step towards curbing the monopolistic power of its tech giants, drawing up draft antitrust rules that...
China Says WTO Supports Them Against TikTok, WeChat Ban
China announced that it has found an ally in its fight against the US efforts to impose restrictions on TikTok and WeChat, the mobile...
China Revving Up For Google Antitrust Probe: Report
China is preparing to launch an antitrust probe into Alphabet’s Google, looking into allegations that the company has leveraged the dominance of its Android...
China Threatens TikTok Sale, Calls It “Extortion & Dirty Tactics”
Two prominent Chinese media outlets are urging Beijing to kill what they call a "dirty" and "unpalatable" deal intended to keep TikTok operating in...
Foreign Subsidies Regulation: Making Sense of the Commission’s New White Paper
By Thomas Weck & Philipp Reinhold (Monopolies Commission)1
On June 17, 2020, the EU Commission published a new White Paper on the regulation of foreign...
Enforcement of the AML in China’s Digital Economy – From the...
By Wei Han & Yajie Gao
In order to comprehensively understand how the competition rules are applied to the Chinese digital economy, it is essential...
