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China takes aim at pop-up windows in tech clampdown

By AFP
July 29, 2021

Beijing: Beijing on Wednesday told Tencent and other tech developers to address "harassing" pop-up windows on their apps, in the latest salvo in China’s battle against the sector. The order came as a Chinese bike-sharing firm scrapped plans for a New York IPO as Beijing also tightens the reins on domestic firms seeking to list overseas.