Media Focus
Internet Monopolies
Economy and Nation Weekly September 21, 2011
The rapid development of Internet commerce in China has created what critics are now calling e-monopolies, the chief offenders being online retailer Taobao, search engine Baidu and online messenger QQ. Although these Internet giants are trying to soften their image by launching new platforms open to other designers or developers, analysts have warned these are cynical actions designed to expand their customer bases. However, a lack of regulation has prevented government intervention despite China’s strict anti-monopoly laws. State media have appealed for the government to crack down more heavily on such enterprises, which they accuse of stifling creativity in Chinese commerce.

December 2011
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