Xi Jinping says Big Tech crackdown is making progress, calls for Communist Party to ‘guide’ companies


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Beijing’s campaign to “prevent the irrational expansion of capital” and address “barbarous growth” in China’s technology sector is beginning to bear fruit in the wake of an accelerated antitrust campaign targeting internet platforms, Chinese President Xi Jinping said at a central leadership meeting on Monday afternoon. Fair competition is necessary to improve the social market economy and promote “common prosperity”, Xi said in comments reported by state-owned Xinhua News Agency, using a government buzzword that represents China’s push for more wealth creation, as Beijing’s recent moves to rein in Big Tech continue. Xi also warned that the Communist Party must...