China's digital yuan threatens sprawling Alibaba empire

Official currency could hobble growth by crippling payments operation

HIROSHI MURAYAMA, Nikkei senior staff writer

TOKYO -- The Chinese government has begun to move to prevent the business expansion of Alibaba Group and Tencent despite having once protected the country's two leading information technology companies.

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