Meituan's stock price plunges after boss posts Chinese poem | Braintree and Witham Times
Shares in Meituan, China’s largest food delivery platform, have tumbled after its chief executive 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 behaviour, 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 chief executive Wang Xing posted the classical Tang dynasty poem, which criticised Emperor Qin Shi Huang for silencing his critics by burning boo...