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A Chinese app is changing the way that people,government agencies and businesses interact By Tang YuankaiFang Cheng,an office worker in Beijing is a self-confessed addict of WeChat,a social media platform for smartphones.Today,she not only depends on it to chat with friends,but also to discuss work and make payments.WeChat was launched for free to users on January 21,2011,by Tencent Inc.,the founder of QQ.com,one of China’s largest Internet portals.Through WeChat,users can send text,graphics,voice messages and videos without any cost;beyond that,their service provider charges for data.In the beginning,WeChat was merely a tool to send and receive messages and share photos,yet over the years it has continued to add more and more functions.“Shake,”“Look Around”and“Drift Bottle”
A Chinese app is changing the way that people, government agencies and businesses interact By Tang YuankaiFang Cheng, an office worker in Beijing is a self-confessed addict of WeChat, a social media platform for smartphones.Today, she not only depends on it to chat with friends, but also to discuss work and make payments.WeChat was launched for free to users on January 21, 2011, by Tencent Inc., the founder of QQ.com, one of China’s largest Internet portals.Through WeChat, users can send text, graphics, voice messages and videos without any cost; beyond that, their service provider charges for data. In the beginning, WeChat was merely a tool to send and receive messages and share photos, yet over the years it has continued to add more and more functions. “Shake, ” “Look Around ” and “Drift Bottle ”