Martin Miszerak

Sep 13, 2023 | asiatimes.com | Martin Miszerak

Since early 2023, Chinese authorities have started extending an olive branch to China’s top platform tech companies after over two years of “regulatory crackdown.” The crackdown started in November 2020 with the cancellation of the initial public offering (IPO) of e-commerce giant Ant Group – an affiliate of Alibaba. Besides Ant Group, the “rectification” affected most of China’s large platform companies. Yet by June 2023, a cold was blowing over China’s economy.

Sep 12, 2023 | eastasiaforum.org | Martin Miszerak |Allison Alexy |Ying-kit Chan |Michael Barr

Author: Martin Miszerak, Renmin UniversitySince early 2023, Chinese authorities have started extending an olive branch to China’s top platform tech companies after over two years of ‘regulatory crackdown’. The crackdown started in November 2020 with the cancellation of the initial public offering (IPO) of e-commerce giant Ant Group — an affiliate of Alibaba. Besides Ant Group, the ‘rectification’ affected most of China’s large platform companies.