China Wants Internet Giants To Get Approval for Investments, Fundraisings (reuters.com) 4
China's cyberspace regulator has drafted new guidelines that will require the country's large internet companies to obtain its approval before they undertake any investments or fundraisings, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the matter. From the report: The proposed requirements from the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) will apply to any platform company with more than 100 million users, or with more than 10 billion yuan ($1.58 billion) in revenue, they said. Any internet firm involved in sectors named on the negative list issued by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) last year will also need to apply for approval, the sources said. Some internet companies have already been briefed, they added, and the draft rules are still subject to changes. The proposed rules would intensify the oversight from China's increasingly assertive regulators, who have over the past year reined in formerly freewheeling internet giants in areas from dealmaking to their handling of user data. It was not immediately clear what types of investments or fundraisings could be impacted. One senior technology industry executive said there were concerns whether it would be applied to private market investments, such as pre-IPO private funding rounds.
Any company doing business with the CCP (Score:3)
Can't have outsiders investing in China... (Score:4, Insightful)
Can't have outsiders investing in China... The real point of this is more of that control.
The question is when does the other side say "ow that hurts" and actually do something about these passive-aggressive assholes.
IOW (Score:2)