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From E-commerce to Education, China’s Season of Regulatory Crackdown

From E-commerce to Education, China’s Season of Regulatory Crackdown
Students are seen inside a classroom at a high school in Shanghai, China, on May 7, 2020. Aly Song/Reuters
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8/18/2021|Updated: 8/19/2021

SHANGHAI—China’s months-long regulatory crackdown on an array of private companies has unsettled tech upstarts as well as decades-old firms, ushering in a new, uncertain environment.

Top antitrust regulator the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) issued sweeping draft rules on Tuesday governing online competition as the cabinet updated rules for operators of information infrastructure that experts say target data-rich firms.

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