Domestic media told to stick to party line when covering investigation into Jack Ma’s empire
A man walks past an Alibaba Group office in Beijing on Tuesday. (Reuters Photo)
China has ordered its domestic media to restrict their reporting on an antitrust investigation into Alibaba Group Holding Ltd as speculation over the future of one of the country’s largest corporations intensified, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.
A directive issued by the government’s propaganda arm toward the end of last year ordered news outlets to strictly echo the official line on the investigation into the tech giant. This effectively prohibits them from engaging in original reporting and extended analysis or drawing…
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