Angela Zhang | Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism & The China's Tech Duopoly

<p><strong>Topics Discussed and Key Points:</strong></p><p>●      What exactly is “antitrust” and why is it so important in the relationship between business and government globally?</p><p>●      What has China’s relationship with antitrust been historically, and have the events of 2008 and 2013 affected antitrust enforcement?</p><p>●      The conversations around antitrust at a time when big tech companies both in the U.S. and China are more influential than they have ever been</p><p>●      Why Angela titled her book “Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism”</p><p>●      The main consequences of China’s ascent on the global antitrust policy landscape</p><p>●      What the West often gets wrong about how Chinese policy is formed</p><p>●      Is the delay of Alibaba’s IPO due to the current state of China’s antitrust policy?</p><p>●      How Huawei is being affected by China’s antitrust policy</p><p>●      The future of U.S-China relations</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Episode Summary:</strong></p><p>Today on The Negotiation, we speak with Angela Huyue Zhang, Associate Professor of Law at The University of Hong Kong and former Senior Lecturer in Competition Law at King’s College London. An expert on Chinese law, Angela Zhang has written extensively on Chinese antitrust enforcement.</p><p>Angela is the Director of the Centre for Chinese Law, which promotes legal scholarship with the aim to develop a deeper understanding of China and facilitate dialogue between East and West. She is the author of <a href="https://books.google.com.ph/books/about/Chinese_Antitrust_Exceptionalism.html?id=mL4cEAAAQBAJ&amp;source=kp_book_description&amp;redir_esc=y"><em>Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Will Challenge Global Regulation (2021)</em></a>.</p><p>Angela’s research has helped her become a four-time recipient of the Concurrence Antitrust Writing Award, which honors the best antitrust papers published in academic journals each year.</p><p>Antitrust, which Angela defines as “an area of law that ma