Some are posting in Mandarin on the latest developments in the Russian invasionIt’s an effort to ‘show people what’s going on’ and to win public support This content was originally published here.
By Connie Lin1 minute Read While cryptocurrencies are being torched in China, their fellow blockchain technology, NFTs, have stayed relatively unscathed. There’s currently little regulation of digital collectibles in the country, and people can buy them freely from online marketplaces (although they must pay in renminbi, not BTC or ETH—and the tokens are built not […]
The mobile app of Taobao, a leading Chinese online shopping platform operated by , has begun to provide the option to use Tencent’s WeChat Pay. Although the payment function currently does not support automatically shifting between Taobao and WeChat, the development marks a key step towards the greater integration of payment services offered by Chinese […]
Tencent’s WeChat shut down more than 10 public accounts promoting digital collectibles, the Chinese equivalent of NFTs. WeChat explained that it had received complaints that these accounts did not own business licenses needed to trade NFTs and digital collectibles. WeChat also asked a few other digital collectible platforms to provide a proof of license before […]
There’s a new WeChat scam making it’s rounds in Beijing as of late — and it’s got us thinking about the legendary Nigerian prince email scam, if only for it’s promises of getting rich quick without any effort. What is the scam about? Unlike the Nigerian prince email, the WeChat scam goes like this: an […]
A group of students under the impression they had discovered a WeChat “bug” that hides the phrase “200 jin of dumplings” (roughly 220 pounds) had in fact . In the course of daily conversation, the students found that messages preceded by the term “200 jin of dumplings” (200斤饺子) were not received by their counterparts. Juvenile […]
Unlike for the 2017 election, where the suspense was almost total until the second round of the French Presidential Election, this time, things are looking very different. At the time, candidates Marine Le Pen 勒庞 and François Fillon 菲永 were the most searched names on Chinese social media up until the very first day of […]
Some are posting in Mandarin on the latest developments in the Russian invasion to ‘show people what’s going on’. This content was originally published here.
Tencent, the Chinese tech giant, is looking into whether regulators will required it to have a financial holding company for its FinTech business, CNBC wrote Wednesday (March 23). This comes after a Bloomberg report that Chinese authorities are considering making Tencent create a financial holding company for WeChat Pay, its mobile pay service. Bloomberg wrote […]
