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SCMP Tech Series
China’s technology crackdown: a year on
2021 marked a watershed moment in the development of China’s internet-related industry, when government regulators caught up with what was once a freewheeling sector and ring-fenced their unfettered expansion. In a four-part series, the Post looks at how the year-long regulatory scrutiny has changed the nature of the internet industry, its biggest companies, the country’s tech workers, and valuations of some of the world's largest companies.
Updated: 25 Dec 2021
SCMP Series:China’s technology crackdown: a year on
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by Coco Feng and Xinmei Shen
Once a largely toothless watchdog, China’s anti-monopoly bureau was upgraded and let loose this year, bringing discipline to the corporate behaviour of tech giants that had been tolerated, if not encouraged, for years.
22 Dec 2021
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by Tracy Qu and Jane Zhang
China’s tech giants fell in line with new national priorities that emphasised hard technologies and common prosperity, making it harder for companies to profit from the free-wheeling business practices that they once thrived on.
27 Apr 2022
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The tumultuous year in China technology has not only wiped out billions of dollars in value, it also upended how some of the most promising start-ups are appraised, where assumptions of unfettered and symbiotic growth can no longer be taken for granted.
25 Dec 2021
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