China's antitrust probe into Google seen as warning shot to the US
The move against Google showed that 'Beijing has effectively fired a warning shot to Washington, signalling its readiness to retaliate,' said Angela Zhang, a law professor at the University of Southern California and author of Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation. US President Donald Trump, left, sits with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a bilateral meeting in Florida in 2017. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS
While the one-line statement from China's market regulator contained no details about the investigation, state media has suggested it was related to Android – Google's open-source operating system.
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