The use of promotions or “mini programs” doubled in Japan. Weixin Pay users flocked to Hong Kong, Macao, Japan, Thailand, and ...

Nexi has launched WeChat Pay in Switzerland, providing Chinese tourists with a seamless payment solution for shopping and ...

Chinese live-streaming e-commerce firm East Buy saw sales at its online store on WeChat cross the 1 million yuan (US$136,586) mark on Monday, with more than 80 per cent of transactions made ...

WeChat was launched in 2011 as Weixin, Mandarin for ‘micro-message’. As the name suggests, it originally functioned as a simple messenger app, a Chinese equivalent to WhatsApp in essence. WeChat was ...

As the murder mystery-loving priest from Cornwall Rev Lisa Coupland has been keeping us entertained on BBC One’s The Traitors for the last three weeks. New Year’s Day saw the hit show return for ...

Diaspora usage of WeChat is motivated in part by the need to communicate with those still in China. “I always say, our China-based friends and relatives are hostage held by CCP through WeChat ...

Regarding the recent launch of Weixin Shop's “Send Gifts” function and the idea of WeChat doing e-commerce, Ma Huateng, Chairman and CEO of TENCENT (00700.HK) -4.000 (-1.033%) ...