China's antitrust action against leading online travel service provider Trip.com Group has moved scrutiny of the platform economy beyond explicit exclusivity agreements to the algorithms, traffic-allocation systems and contractual structures that can produce similar effects, experts said.

China's market regulator has fined online travel platform Trip.com Group 5.18 billion yuan ($720 million) for abusing its dominant position in the country's online hotel booking…

The country’s biggest online travel services provider is accused of abusing its ‘dominant market position’.