According to the 21st Century Business Herald, China’s Ministry of Industry has instructed technology companies such as Alibaba Group Limited and Tencent Holdings Limited to stop blocking each other’s website links from the platform. Citing an unnamed source, the newspaper said on Friday that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology proposed to companies standards for instant messaging services that all platforms must be unblocked by a certain time. According to the newspaper, the ministry may need to resort to other measures if companies do not comply. The move is the latest in crackdowns on regulations across industries, from tech...