LinkedIn, which since 2014 has represented the largest social media portal through Beijing’s Great Firewall, has decided to close down its localized China version. Increased censorship pressure, compliance costs for new laws, local competition, and bad PR outside of China may have all contributed to the move. This content was originally published here.
China has banned cryptocurrency services in the country and companies are making it harder for crypto entities to operate China’s leading messaging platform, WeChat, appears to have censored searches relating to cryptocurrency exchanges Binance and Huobi. This latest development comes as the Chinese government recently increased its crackdown on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. According to […]
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish authorities have effectively criminalized the download and use of WeChat, a Chinese messaging and social media app that was actively used by over a billion users, according to confidential documents obtained by Nordic Monitor. The government documents listed WeChat as one of the indicators that a suspected person may be charged with […]
Wechat applet has received a lot of attention since its launch. I didn’t try to develop the applet until recently. On the whole, I feel good. One thing I don’t adapt to is to get rid of the DOM operation of web app development. Here I will write a tutorial on how to use API […]
Paying with plastic is easy, but for merchants, credit cards come with pesky fees. Imagine if consumers instead used mobile payment apps that charged much lower fees. Such apps are conquering the world—led by Chinese giants Alipay and WeChat Pay. Last month, JPMorgan announced it will be partnering with Alipay. All this creates a lot […]
We’ve always heard that WeChat is a wonderful tool for marketing to customers. But what about B2B marketing on WeChat? B2B Marketing on WeChat Since the B2B e-commerce sector began to flourish in 2013, B2B businesses have had to adapt their marketing strategies to stay up with the ever-changing channels and platforms. Because marketing methods […]
Tencent’s WeChat Pay announced Thursday that it is now accessible by Cloud QuickPass, the mobile payment service of state-backed UnionPay. The tie-up enables QuickPass users to make payments by scanning WeChat Pay QR codes offline, and for WeChat Pay users to do the same with QuickPass codes. QuickPass payment now supports some Tencent services, such […]
Organizers of various crypto communities on WeChat are shutting down their private groups following the latest crackdown from China’s central bank, according to screenshots obtained and authenticated by CoinDesk. Among these groups are Hong Kong-based crypto exchange giant FTX, proof-of-stake blockchain network Tezos and derivative liquidity protocol Synthetix. It remains unclear whether organizers of such […]
WeChat said a future update will remove background photo scanning that an influencer publicised, saying it was running every few hours. This content was originally published here.
