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CEO’s Post of Ancient Poem Interpreted as Criticism of Beijing Rattles Stock Market A Chinese billionaire rattled the stock market by quoting an ancient poem on social media, reflecting on the fall of the Qin Dynasty—the first empire in China. Although the post was later deleted, his company’s stock plunged to a new low of the year. “The Book Burning Pit,” read as “Fen Shu Keng” in Chinese, was a seven-character quatrain written by Tang dynasty poet Zhang Jie, questioning the tyranny of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, or China, who ordered philosophical book...

SINGAPORE — Shares in Meituan, China’s largest food delivery platform, have tumbled after its CEO posted —and then deleted — an ancient poem in a move widely seen as possible criticism of the Chinese government. Authorities are investigating the company over allegations of anti-monopolistic behavior, part of a wider crackdown on technology companies. Meituan’s stock price lost 5.3% on Tuesday and plunged as much as 9.8% on Monday after its CEO Wang Xing posted the classical Tang dynasty poem, which criticized Emperor Qin Shi Huang for silencing his critics by burning books. Wang...

SINGAPORE (AP) – Shares in Meituan, China’s largest food delivery platform, have tumbled after its CEO posted – and then deleted – an ancient poem in a move widely seen as possible criticism of the Chinese government. Authorities are investigating the company over allegations of anti-monopolistic behavior, part of a wider crackdown on technology companies. Meituan’s stock price lost 5.3% on Tuesday and plunged as much as 9.8% on Monday after its CEO Wang Xing posted the classical Tang dynasty poem, which criticized Emperor Qin Shi Huang for silencing his critics by burning book...

A Swedish prosecutor has charged 13 people connected to rioting in August after a copy of the Islamic Quran was burned in Malmö.