World Trade
Antitrust watchdog fines Chinese academic database

(Reuters) – BeijingChina’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has fined China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) 87.6 million yuan ($12.6 million) for abusing its “dominant market position,” the watchdog said on its website on Monday.
In May, SAMR began looking into the Chinese academic database for possible antitrust violations.
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