{"id":15376,"date":"2021-07-18T23:00:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T23:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=15376"},"modified":"2021-07-18T23:00:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T23:00:14","slug":"beijings-decision-to-block-tencents-douyu-huya-merger-deal-marks-end-of-freewheeling-internet-era-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=15376","title":{"rendered":"Beijing\u2019s decision to block Tencent\u2019s Douyu-Huya merger deal marks end of freewheeling internet era in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostThe Chinese government had never said no to a merger deal in the country\u2019s technology sector until last Saturday when the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) blocked Tencent Holdings\u2019 plan to merge Douyu and Huya, two video game live-streaming websites it controls.Analysts says Beijing\u2019s veto is a clear sign that the Chinese authorities are no longer shy to act on antitrust issues, putting an end to a freewheeling era in which Big Tech companies were able to engage in aggressive\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/big-tech\/article\/3141283\/beijings-decision-block-tencents-douyu-huya-merger-deal-marks-end?utm_source=rss_feed\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostThe Chinese government had never said no to a merger deal in the country\u2019s technology sector until last Saturday when the State Administration for&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15377,"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\/15376"}],"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=15376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}