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#China fines tech giants in anti-monopoly cases

#China fines tech giants in anti-monopoly cases

Companies including internet giants Alibaba and Tencent were fined Wednesday by anti-monopoly regulators in a new move to tighten control over their fast-developing industries.

In 22 cases, companies were fined 500,000 yuan ($75,000) each for actions including acquiring stakes in other companies that might improperly increase their market power, the State Administration for Market Regulation announced. It said violators include six companies owned by Alibaba Group, five by Tencent Holding and two by retailer Suning.com.

China’s leaders worry about the dominance of its biggest internet companies, which are expanding into finance, health services and other sensitive areas. The ruling Communist Party says anti-monopoly enforcement, especially in tech, is a priority this year.

In the biggest penalty to date, Alibaba was fined 18.3 billion yuan ($2.8 billion) in April on charges of suppressing competition. Other companies have been fined or reprimanded for violating competition, data protection, censorship and other rules.

Alipay and wechat QR codes for online payment are displayed as a vendor (left) gives vegetables to a customer at a vegetable stall at a market in Nantong, China.
China says it’s concerned about the growing reach of its Big Tech firms like Alibaba, which created apps like Alipay (its QR code displayed here amid the vegetables for sale), often used as a form of payment at vegetable stalls in Chinese markets.
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On Sunday, ride-hailing service Didi Global, which had a US stock market debut last week, was ordered by regulators to overhaul its collection and handling of customer information.

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