WeChat Moves Towards Monetization, Beta-Testing ‘Custom Menu’ Feature for Brands
Tencent’s WeChat (known as Weixin in China) is big — like 300 million users big. But Chi...
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Hollywood Celebrities Get Chatty with Chinese Fans on WeChat
Last summer we noted how Western brands like Starbucks and Buick were quick to jump on the messaging...
Tencent Weibo, the ‘Other Weibo’ That Nobody Cares About, Reaches 540 Million Users
Much of the social media buzz in China – and a lot of our own coverage – is about Sina W...
Just Short of 2 Years Old, WeChat App Surpasses 300 Million Users
The makers of WeChat said recently that the messaging app will likely soon surpass 300 million regis...
Tencent Responds in Case of Apparent WeChat Censorship
Yesterday we broke the story of how WeChat, the world’s biggest Whatsapp-style messaging app, ...
Now China’s WeChat App is Censoring Its Users Globally
We’ve written a lot about the progress of the world’s biggest messaging app, the China-m...
Tencent’s WeChat Could Be Headed For Trademark Dispute in China
Remember Apple’s trademark battle with Chinese company Proview, which registered the Chinese t...
Tencent: Our Video Site is Now China’s Biggest, Ready to Charge for Hollywood Movies
In an all-too-rare instance of web companies and content providers teaming up to give users exactly ...
Crazy Weibo Rumors Report Tencent CEO Pony Ma’s Death (But He’s Totally Fine)
Perhaps some wires got crossed, or perhaps someone on weibo got even more tired of the spring festiv...
WeChat’s Latest Update Includes a Walkie-Talkie Live Chat
After several people asking us for a review, we finally got two of our team members to update to the...
Next Version of WeChat App Will Add Voice Chatrooms, Song Recognition [Screenshots]
Yesterday, WeChat app officially hit an impressive new milestone – 300 million registered user...
Here’s a Heatmap of WeChat Users Around the World
The WeChat messaging app seems to be China’s biggest social media export to date. But, apart f...
Chinese Internet Companies Should Stop Overseas Censorship
A few days ago, I wrote about a rant posted to Sina Weibo and spotted by Global Voices Online in whi...
China’s New Internet Law Legalizes Deletion of “Illegal” Content, Bad News for Sina Weibo
China’s tightened internet controls were passed into law earlier today. As well as requiring broad...
Aiming at Indonesia and Beyond, WeChat Launches Beta BlackBerry App
We know that the China-made messaging app WeChat has global ambitions, and that’s made even more c...
WeChat App Implicated at Trial of Pedophile in China
The trial of a sexual predator in Guangdong province in southern China has implicated the smash-hit ...
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