China’s State Administration for Market Regulation announced on Tuesday that it had opened a competition investigation into Google, which two people familiar with the matter said would focus on dominance of the US group’s Android operating system and any harm caused to Chinese phonemakers,

Even though Google's services are largely unavailable in China, the company is being targeted as part of a response to US tariffs.

Beijing has revived antitrust investigations into Google and Nvidia, while considering a new probe against Intel, as China looks for new leverage against US President Donald Trump. China’s State Administration for Market Regulation announced on Tuesday that it had opened an competition investigation into Google,