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The company has been planning to shift some of its business operations, such as international game publishing, out of China as tensions rise between Washington and Beijing.

The “apps inside WeChat” opened the e-commerce possibility for China’s No.1 chatting and social media app.

The move comes amid significant disruption in China’s search engine industry, with Tencent buying Sogou and ByteDance releasing Toutiao Search.

With COVID-19 largely under control in China, Shanghai is expanding the use of its Suishen Code to outlast the pandemic.

Will super apps like Grab and Gojek implement the same strategy of do-everything platforms like WeChat and Alipay?

As Chinese brands go global, regulations at home and abroad may impede their operations.

WeChat users can now submit identity and bank information to register for a store.

WeChat’s comment section was taken down in 2018 after a request by authorities.