{"id":150407,"date":"2026-04-27T08:18:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150407"},"modified":"2026-04-27T08:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:18:45","slug":"china-blocks-metas-manus-deal-after-months-long-probe-thwarting-purchase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150407","title":{"rendered":"China blocks Meta\u2019s Manus deal after months-long probe, thwarting purchase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostBeijing has blocked the proposed purchase by Meta Platforms of artificial intelligence firm Manus, a start-up that is officially registered in Singapore but developed its products in mainland China.<br \/>\nThe National Development and Reform Commission, the country\u2019s top economic planner, announced the ruling in a statement on Monday, and asked the parties involved in the deal to cancel the transaction.<br \/>\nNeither Meta nor Manus immediately responded to a request for comment on Monday.<br \/>\nThe decision&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/big-tech\/article\/3351552\/china-blocks-metas-manus-deal-after-months-long-probe-thwarting-purchase?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostBeijing has blocked the proposed purchase by Meta Platforms of artificial intelligence firm Manus, a start-up that is officially registered in Singapore but developed&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150407"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}