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China to up the ante on antitrust regulation in 2021, starting with Alibaba GlobalData Technology 19th 19th, 2021 15:18) Share Article Until last year, China’s tech titans like Alibaba ran largely unencumbered by regulation. However, starting in 2020, the government has shown an increased concern over an increasingly-powerful tech industry. It has hardened its antitrust laws as an initial step to gain greater control of the private sector. These attempts seem to align with a renewed antitrust scrutiny in the US and Europe, focused on digital platforms’ concentration of power. However, the motives and responses differ significantly. While lawmakers in...
