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Alibaba’s Taobao, Tencent’s WeChat Pay, More Chinese Tech Giants Face New Anti-Monopoly Guidelines

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The new rules formalise an earlier anti-monopoly draft law released in November, and clarify a series of monopolistic practices that regulators plan to crack down on.
The guidelines are expected to put new pressure on the country’s leading Internet services, including e-commerce sites such as Alibaba Group’s Taobao and Tmall marketplaces or JD.com. They will also cover payment services like Ant Group’…

 

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