China has recently moved to reign in its big tech firms. Photo: AFP
Opinion
Opinion
Zhou Xin
What is behind China’s clamp down on Big Tech, and how far will it go?
Only a few years ago, Beijing was happy to encourage a new class of Chinese business titans that successfully married internet technology and private capital
But a recent squeeze on the tech giants indicates the government may have underestimated the costs of disruption – and is now scrambling to mitigate risks