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Comment: Tencent's grip on Huya and DouYu worth a deeper look after merger veto

By MLex Staff ( July 12, 2021, 09:08 GMT | Comment) -- China's antitrust authority just barred China's biggest video-game live-streaming platforms, Huya and DouYu, from merging. A veto on the obviously anticompetitive deal has helped the State Administration for Market Regulation win praise across the country, but what antitrust bosses will do — if at all — to Tencent's previous deals that propelled the tech giant to the sector's top spot is of equal significance.Just days after Chinese cybersecurity officials surprised markets by removing ride-hailing giant Didi from app stores, antitrust enforcers last weekend took their turn to make headlines in Beijing's epic tech-crackdown story....

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