China is widening a crackdown on tech companies, as Beijing grows wary of the sprawling reach and power of the countrys Internet giants and signals it is prepared to rein them in despite the financial disruption.

DIDI Chuxing, China’s largest online car-hailing platform, has decided to suspend its “hitch” ride service nationwide after the alleged rape and murder of a female passenger by a Didi driver in Zhejiang province over the weekend.