The battle between Big Tech in China and the Communist Party | In Focus Podcast – The Hindu

In this episode, we are looking at the battle unfolding in Chinabetween its big tech companies and Communist Party regulators in thewake of the latest tussle in this on-going tug-of-war.

On June 30, theride-hailing app Didi, which dominates the China market, raised $4.4billion in its much-anticipated listing on the New York StockExchange, the biggest Chinese listing since Alibaba. Days later, itsvalue would crash with regulators announcing an investigation andtaking the extraordinary step of banning Didi from registering users and removing its app from app stores.

The Didi episode followsNovember's shock suspension of an IPO by Alipay, the financialpayments arm of Alibaba. What is driving the tensions between theParty and Big Tech? Where is China's tech sector headed? What do themoves mean for the global ambitions of China's Internet giants?

Guest: Santosh Pai, Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi

Host: Ananth Krishnan, China correspondent, The Hindu

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The battle between Big Tech in China and the Communist Party | In Focus Podcast - The Hindu