A man uses a computer in an internet cafe in Beijing. In the first half of the year, China’s market watchdogs had investigated over 8,100 cases of illegal and deceptive advertising, up 64.2 per cent year-on-year. Photo: AFP A man uses a computer in an internet cafe in Beijing. In the first half of the year, China’s market watchdogs had investigated over 8,100 cases of illegal and deceptive advertising, up 64.2 per cent year-on-year. Photo: AFP
A man uses a computer in an internet cafe in Beijing. In the first half of the year, China’s market watchdogs had investigated over 8,100 cases of illegal and deceptive advertising, up 64.2 per cent year-on-year. Photo: AFP
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False advertising a ‘malignant tumour’, warns People’s Daily amid China’s crackdown on online content

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Sarah Dai
Sarah Dai

Updated: 3:58pm, 15 Nov, 2018

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A man uses a computer in an internet cafe in Beijing. In the first half of the year, China’s market watchdogs had investigated over 8,100 cases of illegal and deceptive advertising, up 64.2 per cent year-on-year. Photo: AFP A man uses a computer in an internet cafe in Beijing. In the first half of the year, China’s market watchdogs had investigated over 8,100 cases of illegal and deceptive advertising, up 64.2 per cent year-on-year. Photo: AFP
A man uses a computer in an internet cafe in Beijing. In the first half of the year, China’s market watchdogs had investigated over 8,100 cases of illegal and deceptive advertising, up 64.2 per cent year-on-year. Photo: AFP
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