China has decided to block Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of agentic AI startup Manus, a move to unwind a controversial deal that’s drawn fire for the leakage of technology to the US, country’s top economic planning body said. The National Development and Reform Commission ordered the deal’s cancellation in a brief statement Monday. The decision was made in accordance with laws and regulations, the powerful state planner said in a one-line notice, without elaborating. Meta representatives didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.