China's Big Tech vows to give back as Xi touts 'common prosperity'

Tencent and Pinduoduo unnerve investors with emphasis on social responsibility

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Pinduoduo founder Colin Huang is among China tech CEOs donating their personal wealth © Reuters

NIKKI SUN, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- China's top internet companies have pledged billions of dollars for social goods in response to President Xi Jinping's call to share their wealth, in a sign of the big politically driven change in a sector already hit by Beijing's regulatory crackdown.

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