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Topic Reading-Vol.3047-8/14/2020
Dear MEL Topic Readers,
What is WeChat and why does Trump want to ban it?
When you go to China, it’s not Facebook, Google, or email, but WeChat that does it all. It was originally a messaging app but it has become a lifeline platform as it added functions like searching, contacting, booking, reporting, payment, and bank services over time. It has 1.2 billion active users, most of whom live in mainland China. Users of WeChat not only stores personal information but also adds traces of any activity, interaction, and transaction every time the app is used. For example, information like when, where, and what the user ate lunch and paid how much, and with whom if he or she shared the bill. Such information of an ordinary citizen is only valuable for businesses to provide tailor-made recommendations and promote suitable products or services. But if the information, interactions, and transactions of business executives or government officials are shared by their competitors, especially by government controlled or subsidized enterprises, it could bring about a competitive advantage to China and pose risks to other countries. That seems to be the rationale the Trump administration is using to ban the use of Chinese app in the US.
Enjoy reading the article and learn about what WeChat is about.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/07/tech/wechat-trump-ban-explainer/index.html
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