Appearances

Quoted in the Media

• China Appoints Potato Scientist to Helm its Elevated Antitrust Bureau, South China Morning Post, November 15, 2021

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• China’s Internet Walled Gardens may be Cracking but Users Face a Long Wait for the Bricks to Come Tumbling Down, South China Morning Post, November 13, 2021

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• Weibo Sued for Monopolistic Practices Limiting Access to its Data as China’s Antitrust Crackdown Invites New Challenges, South China Morning Post, November 10, 2021

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• China Amends Anti-Monopoly Law for the First Time Amid Tech Crackdown, Increasing Penalties and Regulatory Control, South China Morning Post, October 27, 2021

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• The Rapidly Changing Investor Calculus on China’s Tech Giants, Techcrunch, October 23, 2021

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• China Tightens Political Control of Internet Giants, AP News, October 3, 2021

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• Why China Crushed its Tech Giants, WIRED, September 27, 2021

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• China’s Top Court Wants to Protect Gig Workers Without Hampering Tech Platforms’ Development, Aiding Meituan and Didi, South China Morning Post, September 24, 2021​

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• Tencent and Alibaba Pledge to Open Up Apps to Competitors, Financial Times, September 14, 2021

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• China Steps In To Regulate Brutal '996' Work Culture, BBC News, September 2, 2021

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• China Data Privacy: Big Tech Will Be ‘A Lot Less Powerful’ After Beijing Passes Sweeping New Law, Experts Say, South China Morning Post, August 24, 2021​

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• China’s Antitrust Watchdog Deputises New Sheriffs to Rein in Wild West of Online Commerce, South China Morning Post, August 20, 2021​

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• China Tries to Spark Baby Boom by Destroying Its $140 Billion Tutoring Sector, ABC News, August 20, 2021

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• Beijing Avoids Hong Kong Showdown by Delaying Anti-sanctions Law, Financial Times, August 20, 2021

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• China's Crackdown on 'Powerful' Tech Giants May Be a 'Terrible Own Goal', ABC News, August 19, 2021

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• China to Tighten Competition Rules for Internet Groups, Financial Times, August 17, 2021​

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• China Unveils New Rules Targeting Anticompetitive Practices by Internet Companies, The Wall Street Journal, August 17, 2021

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• 與反壟斷法專家張湖月對話：科網監管潮「好戲在後頭」, 香港01, August 16, 2021

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• China’s Big Tech Crackdown is About Protecting the Communist Party, Yahoo Finance, July 29, 2021

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• What Tech Does China Want? The Economist, Aug 09, 2021​

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• Why Did China Crack Down on Its Ed-Tech Industry? The Diplomat, August 05, 2021

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• The China Model: What the Country’s Tech Crackdown Is Really About, Bloomberg, July 27, 2021

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• China’s Tech Regulator Orders Companies to Fix Anticompetitive, Security Issues, The Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2021

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• China Offers A Masterclass In How To Humble Big Tech, Right?, The Economist, July 24, 2021​

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• China’s E-Commerce Giant Meituan Is Back With Ride Hailing. What to Know, Barron's, July 21, 2021

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• Meet the New Gatekeeper for Chinese Tech Firms Seeking to IPO in the US, QUARTZ, July 15, 2021

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• Alibaba and Tencent Consider Opening Up Their ‘Walled Gardens’, The Wall Street Journal, July 14, 2021

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• 2021 was a Great Year for Chinese Listings in the US—Until Didi, QUARTZ, July 13, 2021

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• World’s Billionaire Factory Shudders as China Cracks Down, Bloomberg, July 11, 2021

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• China’s Big Tech Face Wake-up Call as Country’s Web of Data Protection Laws Grows More Elaborate, South China Morning Post, July 11, 2021

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• China Seems Intent on Decoupling Its Companies From Western Markets, The Economist, July 10, 2021

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• How Didi’s Data Debacle Doomed China’s Love Affair with Wall Street, Fortune, July 10, 2021

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• Why Is Didi’s Cybersecurity Review Important And What Will It Mean For The Ride-hailing Giant’s Future? South China Morning Post, July 5, 2021

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• Didi’s Removal from China’s App Stores Marks a Growing Crackdown, The Economist, July 5, 2021

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• China Extends Probe into US-listed Tech Firms after Didi Blow, AFP, July 5, 2021

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• China’s Crackdown on Didi Is a Reminder That Beijing Is in Charge, The New York Times, July 5, 2021

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• Didi Raises at Least $4bn for New York Stock Market Listing, Financial Times, Jun 30, 2021

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• China Antitrust: Didi’s Ride Hailing Dominance Prompts Scrutiny Before It Sets Forth for Its Uber-beating New York IPO, South China Morning Post, Jun 19, 2021​

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• How China is Targeting Big Tech, Financial Times, Jun 18, 2021

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• China's Anti-sanctions Law: What We Know, RFI, June 11, 2021

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• China Rushes Through Bill Tightening Ban on Abiding by Western Sanctions, Financial Times, June 10, 2021

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• China’s Tech Clampdown Is Spreading Like Wildfire, The Wall Street Journal, June 6, 2021

• ​China Antitrust: Tencent’s Outsized Share of Online Music-Streaming Market could put its Holdings at Risk, South China Morning Post, May 15, 2021

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• Pourquoi Xi Jinping mate les géants chinois du web, Économie, May 13, 2021 

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• New Kid in the Playground: China's Antitrust Push, ZhongHua Mundus, May 12, 2021

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• Busting Big Tech, Project Syndicate, May 6, 2021​

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• China’s New Rules for VIEs Leave Tech Companies in Uncharted Territory, KrASIA, May 5, 2021 

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• China’s Big Tech Legal Teams are Unbeatable on Their Home Courts, Literally, Protocol, April 30, 2021 

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• China Beefs Up Antimonopoly Body Amid Regulatory Push, The Wall Street Journal, April 30, 2021​

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• Meituan is Latest Chinese E-Commerce Giant in Antitrust Crackdown, Barron's, April 28, 2021

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• Xi’s Next Target in Tech Crackdown Is China’s Vast Reams of Data, Bloomberg, April 23, 2021

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• China's Big Tech 'Rectification' Continues, The Standard, Apr 20, 2021

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• Is Alibaba's Fate a Warning to China’s Tech Giants?, BBC News, April 15, 2021

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• It's Easy to Make Tech Titans Kneel. Just Ask China, Bloomberg, April 15, 2021

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• China’s Tech Giants Vow, in Unison, to Play by Regulator’s Rules, The Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2021

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• “Er xuan yi”: The Business Tactic that Led to Alibaba’s $2.8 Billion Antitrust Fine, QUARTZ, April 12, 2021

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• Alibaba’s Rivals on Alert after China’s Regulators Hand out Record Fine, Financial Times, April 11, 2021

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• Alibaba Antitrust Investigation: Beijing Slaps E-commerce Giant with Record US$2.8 Billion Fine in Landmark Case, South China Morning Post, April 10, 2021

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• China Fines Alibaba Record $2.8 Billion After Monopoly Probe, Bloomberg, April 10, 2021

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• China Fines Alibaba $2.8 Billion in Landmark Antitrust Case, The New York Times, April 9, 2021

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• China Tests the Long Arm of its Law in Xiaomi and Huawei’s International Patent Battles, South China Morning Post, April 2, 2021

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• Chinese Big Tech's Shadiest Practices, Protocol, March 30, 2021

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• China is Trying to Make Policy Moves that won't Shake the World, Inkstone, March 16, 2021

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• Jack Ma Told China's Youth to Spend, Borrow. It Backfired - Los Angeles Times, March 8, 2021

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• China Issues Final Version of Anti-monopoly Guidelines as Beijing Moves to Rein in Big Tech, South China Morning Post, February 8, 2021

• China Antitrust: Beijing Court Accepts ByteDance’s US$14 Million Lawsuit Against Tencent, Starts Proceedings, South China Morning Post, February 8, 2021

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• People’s Daily Calls for Prompt Punishment to Battle Fake Internet Traffic, South China Morning Post, February 4, 2021

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• ByteDance’s Douyin Sues Tencent, Claiming Antitrust Violations, krASIA, February 3, 2021

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• China Antitrust: ByteDance and Tencent Legal Battle Seen as Potential Landmark Case, South China Morning Post, February 3, 2021

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• ByteDance Files Lawsuit Against Tencent in Tit-for-tat Battle, Financial Times, February 3, 2021

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• China’s Big Tech Clampdown: Why Some Businesses Stand to Benefit, Aljazeera, January 26, 2021

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• China is Joining the Global Push to Rein in Tech Giants, The Wall Street Journal, January 24, 2021

• Why China’s Central Bank Leads Antitrust Drive and How this May Affect Alipay, WeChat Pay,  South China Morning Post, January 22, 2021

• China’s Approval of Cisco-Acacia Deal Conditional on Fair Competition but also an Olive Branch to Joe Biden, South China Morning Post, January 22, 2021 

• China’s Startups Hope Tech Crackdown Creates New Opportunities, Bloomberg, January 21, 2021

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• Crackdown on Jack Ma’s Empire Gathers Pace Despite Reappearance, Financial Times, January 21, 2021

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• Do Fintech Giants Alipay and WeChat Pay have Monopoly Power? China’s New Regulation Leaves Experts Guessing, South China Morning Post, January 21, 2021 

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• China’s Central Bank Proposes Antitrust Rules for Country’s Booming Online Payments Sector, Pandaily, January 21, 2021

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• China's Crackdown on Alibaba Goes Beyond Teaching Jack Ma a Lesson, S&P Global Market Intelligence, January 19, 2021

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• Pinduoduo Worker Deaths Reignite Debate on 996 and the Dark Side of China Tech’s Overwork Culture, South China Morning Post, January 19, 2021

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• Trump’s Final Days Bring New Turmoil to U.S.-China Relations​, Bloomberg, January 12, 2021

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• China Brings in New Law to Fight Trump's Sanctions, BBC, January 11, 2021

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• China Launches Measures to Protect Companies from US Sanctions, Financial Times, January 10, 2021

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• Jack Ma's Absence Raises More Questions than it Answers Amid Ant and Alibaba Probe, The Straits Times, January 9, 2021

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• "Alibaba Antitrust Probe Presents New Challenges for China’s Regulators 12 Years after Implementation of Anti-monopoly Law", South China Morning Post, January 7, 2021

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• "Jack Ma was Almost Bigger than China. That's What Got Him into Trouble", CNN Business, January 6, 2021

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• "China’s Mighty State Monopolies Cast a Big Shadow over Private Enterprise, but will Antitrust Law and Vows of Reform Level the Playing Field?", South China Morning Post, January 5, 2021

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• "Mo money, Ma problems - Chinese Trustbusters’ Pursuit of Alibaba is only the Start", The Economist, Jan 2nd 2021

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• "Alibaba: a Chinese Success Story comes under Scrutiny", TRT World, December 25, 2020

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• "全球掀起反壟斷風潮　何時輪到香港？", 香港01, December 21, 2020

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• Don't Expect an 'Explosion of Cases' from China's Antitrust Push: Professor, CNBC, November 23, 2020

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• ‘A Real Bind:’ Banks that Carry Out Trump’s New Sanctions Could Violate Hong Kong Security Law, Fortune, July 15, 2020

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• Dow Chemical, Dupont in Merger Talks, REUTERS, December 9, 2015

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• Trust-busting in China: Unequal Before the Law? The Economist,  August 23, 2014

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• China’s Energetic Antitrust Enforcement of Antitrust Rules Alarms Foreign Firms, The New York Times, August 10, 2014

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• China Regulator Determines Qualcomm Has Monopoly –State Run Newspaper, Reuters, July 24, 2014

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