Meituan squeezed by Xi's tech crackdown and prosperity drive

Regulatory pressure on food delivery leader has echoes of Alibaba's humbling

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Meituan delivery workers sanitize their scooters in Beijing. The company counted 9.5 million drivers at the end of 2020. © Reuters

NAOKI MATSUDA, Nikkei staff writer

SHANGHAI -- From a potential $1 billion fine to Xi Jinping's campaign for "common prosperity," Meituan, the operator of the China's top food delivery app, faces mounting government pressure on a business model that has made it one of the country's most valuable tech stocks.

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