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Why would the CCP allow a foreign company to outcompete one of their own homegrown darlings?

What would it matter if Google is operating within the parameters of the government's censorship rules and generating tax revenue for the government?

You're asking this question in an era where we've gotten into a trade war with China?

Because the CCP and its members are heavily invested in quite literally everything that isn't a foreignly owned business operating in China.

they are invested in those too (mandatory Chinese partners with 51% control, with mandatory IP transfers)

It matters a great deal indeed.