Beijing vows to protect Chinese firms after EU hits Alibaba unit with fine

Beijing expressed “strong dissatisfaction and serious concern” on Wednesday, urging the European Union to treat Chinese companies fairly after Brussels slapped e-commerce platform AliExpress with a €550 million (US$630 million) fine for breaching the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA). “China firmly opposes the EU’s use of platform regulation as a pretext to erect digital barriers and adopt discriminatory measures that restrict and suppress the normal business operations of Chinese e-commerce...