If you have spent any time today on Chinese social media and messaging app WeChat, there’s a good chance you’ve come across a called “The Voices of April.” The six-minute clip, originally uploaded in the early hours this morning by WeChat account Yǒngyuǎn de cǎoméiyuán 永远的草莓园 (Forever strawberry garden), is an unflinching and candid documentation […]
WhatsApp, WeChat And Line: Free messaging apps like WhatsApp and WeChat have become a part of our daily lives. The days of users being charged for sending text messages are long gone. We all like using free services, but the question of how these businesses make money after delivering everything for free to customers arises. […]
WeChat groups are becoming lifelines for desperate residents stuck in China’s strictly locked down areas. The Chinese government has struggled to evenly distribute essentials to its 26 million confined residents. In response to the social media pleas for food and medicines, people have taken matters into their own hands with residents acting as intermediaries and […]
By offering China’s digital currency in trial as a payments option in all pilot areas, payments giant WeChat Pay is paving the way for wider adoption of e-CNY. This content was originally published here.
China has censored of an 82-year-old man pleading for assistance from a local official to see a doctor. The story underscores numerous reports of Shanghai residents not being able to access food and medical care and the attempts to cover up the situation. “I can’t stand it now. I’ve finished all my medication,” the man […]
US consulate employee sparks response after posting that marines ‘can no longer get delivery’, as Covid-19 lockdown leaves delivery services oversubscribed. This content was originally published here.
Several Chinese platforms such as Quora-like Zhihu and Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, will start displaying user provinces amid increasing crackdowns on internet content. This content was originally published here.
Dragon Trail’s WeChat Rankings Report for Q1 2022 examines and analyzes the performance of six categories of travel brands on WeChat: national tourism organizations (NTOs), destination marketing organizations (DMOs, referring to regional and municipal tourism boards), airlines, cruise lines, museums and attractions, and hotels. On one hand, this quarter saw high viewership for inspiring content […]
Eligible citizens in Hong Kong will receive the first batch of consumption vouchers worth HK$5,000 tomorrow. To tap into the opportunities offered by the scheme, IKEA Hong Kong has added WeChat Pay HK to one of its payment solutions, allowing customers to use the mobile wallet to pay at the stores, on its online platform […]
