China Gives Microsoft 20 Days to Explain Problems

Antitrust Agency Demands Clarity on Compatibility, Bundling

Updated Sept. 1, 2014 6:49 a.m. ET

BEIJING—Chinese officials gave Microsoft Corp. 20 days to explain what they called compatibility and bundling issues with its software, putting pressure on the software maker as it faces an antitrust probe into its business practices here.

The State Administration for Industry and Commerce required the U.S. company to explain "problems like incompatibility and other issues caused by a lack of released information about its...

Available to Subscribers