{
  "id": 8400904,
  "title": "China investigates Meituan and Alibaba units for suspected antitrust violations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/china-investigates-meituan-and-alibaba-units-for-suspected-antitrust",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-19T06:32:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40440246/china-investigates-meituan-and-alibaba-units-for-suspected-antitrust-violations"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "China's market regulator, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), is investigating units of Meituan and Alibaba for suspected antitrust violations, according to CCTV broadcaster CCTV. The investigation targets Beijing Sankuai Information Technology, Hangzhou Taomei Aviation Services, Tongcheng Network Technology, and Tujia Online Information Technology (Tianjin). The regulator has been tightening its grip on monopolistic behavior, recently fining Trip.com 5.2 billion yuan for its dominance in the online hotel-booking market. Beijing Sankuai, Hangzhou Taomei, Tongcheng, and Tujia have all stated that they are cooperating with the authorities. The China Hotel Association reported that SAMR has initiated an investigation into four online hotel and travel booking platforms, following a meeting between the regulator and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}