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(Bloomberg) Tencent Holdings Ltd. led an $80 billion selloff in some of China’s biggest online names, after the surprise imposition of new gaming curbs revived fears Beijing may again be targeting the country’s giant internet sector.Most Read from BloombergHyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent TransitHarvard Financial Pain Grows as Blavatnik Joins Donor RevoltVilified Zero-Day Options Blamed by Traders for S&P DeclineGiuliani Files for Bankruptcy After $148 Million Defamation L
Beijing’s top gaming regulator on Friday published draft rules broadly designed to clamp down on practices that encourage players to spend more money and time online.
The finance ministry said Monday that it will put a stake in game developer's holding company NXC Corp. up for sale, valued at an estimated 4.7 trillion won ($3.62 billion). In May, the family of Nexon's late founder Kim Jung-ju paid inheritance tax with a 29.3-percent stake in NXC, or 852,000 shares. With the stake, the finance ministry became the second-biggest shareholder in the company, which controls t.