How China’s Big Tech Crackdown Unfolded Over a Year

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China’s government kicked off a sweeping crackdown on its most powerful corporations a year ago, chilling investors and tech industry players alike by signaling that the leeway enjoyed by tech moguls like Jack Ma is coming to an end.

The campaign that started with Ma’s twin giants—Ant Group Co. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.—last November soon spread to more companies like Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Didi Global Inc., as Beijing stepped up oversight on everything from antitrust to data security and wealth distribution. The ...