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China is set to block top tech firms, including AI startups, from taking US money without official clearance.
Chinese regulators ordered AI firms like Moonshot AI and StepFun to reject US investment without approval.
KEY POINTS
- ByteDance faces new restrictions banning secondary share sales to US investors without government clearance.
- The National Development and Reform Commission instructed these curbs to safeguard national security technologies.
- These restrictions directly respond to Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus in 2025.
COMPANIES
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