China’s Biggest Research Database Faces Antitrust Investigation

What’s new: China's market regulator has opened an antitrust investigation into China National Knowledge Infrastructure, also known as CNKI, the country's biggest online academic library, according to a statement (link in Chinese) published late Friday.

“The State Administration for Market Regulation has launched a probe based on pre-inspections,” said the statement, without offering further details about either the timeline or the reason for the investigation.