Crackdown on Didi is a reminder that Beijing is in charge

China’s moves against ride-hailing platform Didi – halting new user sign-ups, then ordering it off app stores – send a stark message to businesses about Beijing’s reach. It also reflects heightened Sino-US tensions.

Didi Global’s headquarters in Beijing. China has expanded its latest crackdown on the technology industry beyond Didi to include two other companies that recently listed in New York. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
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(NYTIMES) - In less than a week, China's leading ride-hailing platform Didi has gone from investor darling with a megabucks Wall Street debut to the biggest new target in Beijing's fast-moving efforts to tame the country's Internet industry.

The latest front in the regulatory blitz is privacy and cyber security.

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