China gets serious about antitrust in cyberspace

Tech majors like Alibaba told they cannot force customers to 'take sides'

QIAN TONG, YUAN RUIYANG and DENISE JIA, Caixin

A record penalty slapped on Alibaba Group Holding earlier this month kicked off China's clampdown on anti-competitive activity in cyberspace, where a few titans increasingly dominate Chinese consumers' daily lives -- from online shopping to mobile payments to food delivery to car-hailing.

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