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WeChat: A Way of Life in the Information Age

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  • Jiazhuo George Wang

    (College of Staten Island, City University of New York)

  • Shuo Qin

    (Business Civilization Research Center of China)

  • Allison Wang

    (Guest Writer and Copyeditor)

Abstract

With the same name in Chinese, Weixin is a Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app developed and operated by Tencent, and WeChat is the instant messaging and social media service provided by the app to users outside of China, operating in Singapore, Hong Kong, and the Netherlands by the subsidiaries of Tencent. First released in 2011, it became the world’s largest standalone mobile app in 2018 with 1 billion monthly active users, and has been described as China’s “app for everything” and a super app because of its wide range of functions.

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  • Jiazhuo George Wang & Shuo Qin & Allison Wang, 2023. "WeChat: A Way of Life in the Information Age," Springer Books, in: Yes Logo, chapter 0, pages 107-125, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-99-6608-0_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-6608-0_6
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