Chinese censors are in a bind over WeChat, the Twitter-like instant message platform popular among netizens because of its potential to spread rumors. They fear that unimpeded gossip on WeChat is hard ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-30
... Posts on WeChat defending Hong Kong's "core values" or promoting "nativism" won't be allowed to stay online for long by Chinese censors, while those criticizing the territory's "wrong ways" will get ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-29
... Tencent's WeChat?" -- Contact us at english@hkej.com BK/JP/CG ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-26
... sins take WeChat to complain about and share falsified or exaggerated stories about the ill-treatment they got in Hong Kong. As WeChat is not so widely used in Hong Kong and Facebook is still blocked ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-15
... o develop WeChat came just a few hours after he got an e-mail from his staff. His biggest nightmare is that one day he wakes and finds himself suddenly being left behind by the constantly evolving Int ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-13
... official WeChat account. “The VT-4 has never encountered such problems so far. Our tanks also have world-class fire-control systems, which the Russians are still trying to catch up with.” The jibe wa ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-09
... s such as WeChat, we often find two kinds of posts from the Chinese nationals: either photos of their new visas or "goodbye HK" proclamations. A mainland girl born in 1990 who goes by the pseudonym Bu ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-06
... e popular WeChat mobile messaging service. KFC disclosed the lawsuit on its own website, and included the most popular of the false rumors that the company uses genetically modified chickens that have ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-02
... figure on WeChat when he teamed up with his friend Ailadi Cortelleti to create the Shanghai Soup Dumpling Index, a scientific study rating Shanghai soup dumplings from 52 restaurants. The study, which ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-02
... as Weibo, WeChat and Baidu Post Bar, Ming Pao Daily reported. Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Tibet are among the places that will see enhanced cyber patrolling. The round-the-clock online patrols ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-02
... to launch WeChat TV. Last year, Baidu and its iQiyi platform joined hands with TCL Multimedia Technology (01070.HK) to produce internet TV. Compared with traditional TV makers, Lenovo may find it hard ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-01
If you rely solely on views expressed on WeChat or Weibo to gauge the state of cross-border relations, you would most likely get the impression that the situation is really bad. There, you'd get nothi ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-18
Tencent Holdings Ltd. has an ace up its sleeve in its battle for market leadership with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. -- WeChat. The wildly popular app allows Tencent to channel 500 million monthly activ ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-13
WhatsApp and WeChat are great when you want to reach your co-workers quickly. But when it's your boss who's trying to reach you outside office hours, the message could mean overtime work for you, a su ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-30
... ts QQ and WeChat social networking platforms. While Jack Ma and Pony Ma both galloped ahead at lightning speed, Baidu's Robin Li made slower progress, making him a distant third behind the dynamic pai ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-22
... s" on her WeChat account, claiming the products had magical effects on the skin that made it look pure white and flawless. Claiming her good looks and perfect skin were the result of using the facial ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-21
... orms like WeChat are abuzz with frenzied discussions about ways to pump money across the border, according to mainland media reports. Many are seeking advice on the best way to convert millions of yua ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-13
... ds on the WeChat messaging app. The police, however, didn't take the matter lightly. They accused him of spreading rumors with the aim of creating trouble and disturbing the social order. Luo's lawyer ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-25
... growth on WeChat, and huge potential from mobile payment and WeBank look set to woo investors. Premier Li Keqiang said earlier that "Internet plus" model will drive the nation’s economic growth in the ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-20
... l version WeChat, has reached 500 million, up 41 percent from a year ago. Meanwhile, the number of user accounts that bundled bank cards with the company's Mobile QQ Wallet and Weixin Payment services ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19