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Editor’s note for June 28, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
This week on TikTok: Crypto, WeChat ban, and free speech
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Florida state universities ban TikTok and WeChat from campus networks
Chinese students on college campuses in Florida won’t be able to WeChat home from now on.
Editor’s note for April 6, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
The Beijing protest that turned thousands into ‘digital ghosts’
What happens when WeChat automatically suspends thousands of accounts due to a sensitive keyboard? People become furious — and apologetic.
Sheep a Sheep is the new viral game that WeChat is going bonkers over
A nearly impossible mobile game that only took a team of three to make is making millions of people in China lose their minds.
Editor’s Note for Monday, May 2, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
A voice from old Shanghai under COVID lockdown
Shanghai residents are seething under strict COVID-19 lockdowns that have left many imprisoned in their apartments without food. A video of one old man’s complaints that went viral gives an idea of the depth of discontent that some Shanghainese people are feeling.
Alibaba’s stock blues
Alibaba’s stocks plummeted all over the globe. At such cheap prices, should wary investors cash in?
The metaverse social app that challenged WeChat
Zheli, a new Chinese social media company with metaverse tendencies, has come out of nowhere and is competing with WeChat.
China to promote digital yuan to foreign Olympic visitors
The Beijing Olympics next month will be the first time that the digital yuan app will be available to foreigners, making this one of the first tests China must pass in its quest to globalize the currency.
Chinese state-run companies restrict employees’ use of WeChat
Chinese regulators are targeting Tencent. This week, the government restricted the use of the company’s apps in state enterprises and pried open WeChat’s walled garden.
WeChat terminates LGBT+ accounts of Chinese college students in overnight crackdown
One of the few bright spots for civil liberties in China in recent years has been a growing public and official acceptance of the LGBT+ community. But the government now seems determined to put a stop to that.
China’s antitrust probe: Tencent and Meituan are next
China’s crackdown on Big Tech is real and ongoing, but it’s not going to kill the geese that lay the golden eggs. Here are the latest developments.
India permanently bans TikTok and WeChat
India — once the most promising new market for Chinese technology companies — has solidified its own great firewall by confirming bans on 59 Chinese apps.
Can WeChat be woke? The progressive Chinese Americans countering right-wing narratives
The loudest voices on WeChat in the U.S. have long been those of conservative, first-generation immigrants from mainland China who support Trump. But recently, some liberal Chinese Americans have begun working harder to make their voices heard on the platform.
Fear of a red tech planet — why the U.S. is suddenly afraid of Chinese innovation
Americans are as wrong in their overestimations of Chinese innovation today as they were in their underestimation just a few years ago.
Will China target Google? Is it revenge for Huawei and TikTok?
China could pursue an antitrust investigation into Google’s use of its Android operating system as soon as October, according to Reuters. The move would come after the Trump administration’s attacks on TikTok, WeChat, Huawei, and SMIC.
TikTok and WeChat both in limbo in U.S. after Trump ‘blessing’ and court ruling
A day before TikTok and WeChat were due to be taken off app stores in the U.S., both apps were saved from the ban — TikTok by Trump’s “blessing” of a restructuring deal, and WeChat by a free speech lawsuit. The future of both apps is hard to predict.
Trump’s WeChat and TikTok ban starts Sunday
The Trump administration is poised to implement a Chinese Great Firewall–style block on WeChat starting on September 20, with downloads of the app barred and network interruptions ordered. Downloads of TikTok will also be blocked, but the company has until November 12 to strike a deal with Oracle before also suffering technical freezes.
