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E-commerce is also facing increased regulation in the Middle Kingdom, with exclusive deals between vendors and merchants banned, and penalties for merchants using competitor platforms introduced from May this year.

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From May of this year new Middle Kingdom E-commerce regulations will ban such non-competitive strategies as exclusive deals between vendors and merchants, and penalties for merchants using competitor platforms.

I know I'm slow but it took me a second to correctly attribute who was giving out the penalties.