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Yum China's fast-track deal prompts Chinese regulator to take closer look, amid challenges

By Yonnex Li
  • 01 Jun 2020 01:26
  • 01 Jun 2020 01:30
A contentious deal involving a subsidiary of Yum China, which runs KFC and Pizza Hut brands in China, is still being examined by the country’s competition regulator, following industry complaints about its anticompetitive effects, MLex has learned.
It’s understood that the State Administration for Market Regulation, or SAMR, was last

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Yonnex Li

Chief Correspondent, Greater China


Yonnex has an MA in Journalism from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, after obtaining a BA in Translation at the same university. At MLex, she writes extensively on antitrust developments in the Greater China region, including investigations, court cases and merger control of international transactions. Prior to joining MLex, she worked as a reporter at the English division of the Hong Kong Economic Journal, providing coverage and analysis on China's banking sector, asset management industry as well as currency and financial reforms.

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