A photo of Dan taken from WeChat.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/police-suspect-foul-play-in-disappearance-of-gta-lawyer-1.6818674?cmp=rss

A screenshot of the studio WeChat shared with The Times included comments from Maria Liang, who is described as the owner on the Star website.

Source: https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/jan/23/shooter-targets-establishments-of-joy-in-monterey-park-lunar-new-year-mass-shooting/

A WeChat essay by 龅牙赵 (, “Bucktoothed Zhao”) also pointed out the structural nature of youth unemployment.

Source: https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2023/03/words-of-the-week-kong-yiji-literature-%e5%ad%94%e4%b9%99%e5%b7%b1%e6%96%87%e5%ad%a6-kong-yiji-wenxue/

But they were quickly scrubbed on platforms including the Twitter-like Weibo and WeChat, a ubiquitous messaging app.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/04/19/anger-rises-in-china-over-censored-beijing-hospital-fire-that-killed-29/

By Sunday evening, the quake had caused 23 injuries in Pingyuan County, Dezhou City, of which 10 people were hospitalised for minor injuries, and 13 people were "slightly injured", the city's official WeChat account said, citing Earthquake Field Command.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/23-injured-buildings-collapse-54-magnitude-quake-hits-east-china-3681341?cid=cna_flip_070214

Competitors all over the country from “grassroot backgrounds” gathered in Hainan earlier this month to take part in the tournament, according to the CXA’s official WeChat account.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/12/27/chinese-chess-champion-forfeits-victory-over-bad-behavior-after-tournament-but-denies-cheating/

Dozens of bots rigged to ChatGPT technology have emerged on WeChat, with hobbyists using it to make programs or automated accounts that can interact with users.

Source: https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/chatgpt-frenzy-sweeps-china-as-firms-scramble-for-home-grown-options-3

I first learned this in China when I discovered their WeChat app.

Source: https://www.nextgov.com/ideas/2023/06/we-think-we-are-best-digital-maybe-not/388073/

In China’s case, that has been UnionPay, Alipay and WeChat Pay, while in India, the United Payments Interface (UPI) payments rail has become paramount.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zennonkapron/2023/08/01/why-indonesias-credit-card-market-is-poised-for-growth/

In fact, Sun found that about 60 percent of Mandarin speakers in Australia used WeChat as their primary source of news and information.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/03/how-china-is-attempting-to-control-the-information-pipes/

“It’s as if they were riding a donkey while looking for a horse, proposing a divorce while still engaging with the same partner,” NetEase said, using a common euphemism for sex in a harshly worded Chinese statement on its WeChat page.

Source: https://sinocism.com/p/xis-spring-festival-video-chat-han

'My dear wife, I owe you an apology,' he wrote on WeChat on Thursday.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12444101/Liyong-Ye-appears-NYC-court-days-accused-beating-mom-death-inside-Brooklyn-apartment-attack-leaves-two-kids-likely-die.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

On China's Instagram-like Xiaohongshu and WeChat groups, "seeking bedmates" posts have become more common.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/struggling-chinese-graduates-return-hometowns-job-market-sags-3687631?cid=cna_flip_070214

On WeChat and Weibo, two major social media platforms in China, many are expressing their shock at Li's death at the age of 68 from what state media say was a…

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/677a19301158cdc0?ref=ff

Shen said he was unable to post on WeChat because of his political positions.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/28/wechat-censorship-china-tiktok/

“Sister, I’m in a relationship now with Wu Yifan,” she wrote to her friend Liu Meili on WeChat, using Wu’s Chinese name.

Source: https://macleans.ca/longforms/kris-wu-rise-and-fall/

"Tencent hopes it can turn Channels into the next WeChat Pay.

Source: https://www.gadgets360.com/apps/news/tencent-wechat-channels-bytedance-tiktok-china-mobile-payments-3689680

The China Manned Space Engineering Office announced on its official WeChat page last Friday that a competition will soon be initiated to name both the new-generation spacecraft and the lunar landing spaceship.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news-asia/chinas-inaugural-reusable-spacecraft-set-for-2027-launch/

The Chinese government could "instruct candidates to set up public WeChat accounts and then mobilise users to give monetary support via 'viewer donations'," the report said.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/exclusive-taiwan-on-alert-for-chinese-funded-election-interference/article_8b8901e0-bf92-5a26-b2ee-5dd51d6f4b34.html

WeChat, China's largest social network, integrated digital yuan into its payment platform WeChat Pay.

Source: https://www.forexlive.com/Education/powells-speech-deepens-bitcoin-correction-20230308/