![]() More recent reports suggest that private conversations on WeChat are sometimes monitored by the Chinese police. One famous case was Yahoo’s complicity in Beijing’s persecution of two dissidents in the early 2000s. Beijing has a dark history of pressuring tech companies to assist with information surveillance.Ĭhina bans streaming video as it struggles to keep up with live content ![]() In Early December, the Indian government reportedly blacklisted WeChat, together with another 41 apps, categorising them as spyware.Īlthough there is no firm evidence to prove that these products have actually been used for government spying, such suspicions are not entirely groundless. Tech products from China, such as affordable smartphones, are regularly accused of having security flaws and even claimed to be tools for government spying. ![]() This will make Malaysia WeChat’s first offshore market whereby all of the platform services can be made available to local users.Ĭoncerns about censorship and surveillanceĪlthough the Chinese Communist Party urges its firms to expand into global markets, the party’s intimate relationship with China’s tech sector has made overseas consumers wary. In late November, WeChat obtained an e-payment license in Malaysia that will allow locals to use Malaysian banks to pay. However, the app’s latest venture in Malaysia suggests the company is now planning to target overseas domestic users. Exporting mobile payment to the worldĪt this stage, only customers with Chinese bank accounts can use WeChat to make payments, so the global push still largely relies on Chinese consumers. Most early overseas adopters of this service are duty free shops and Chinese restaurants, but in Australia it is also common to see the WeChat pay option available in pharmacies.ĭue to the high demand in China for Australian-made baby formula and health supplements, a visit to a pharmacy to stock up is often on a Chinese tourist’s “must do list” when visiting Australia. ![]() More than 10,000 shops and restaurants in Australia are using the WeChat Pay system. Chemist Warehouse’s online store in China (Screen Shot Decemat 9:30am) ![]()
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