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A Chinese woman’s experience of using WeChat overseas By Lu AnqiWhile many of my friends in China revel in the convenience that the social networking platform WeChat has brought them,Chinese living outside China like me are also grateful forthe positive changes this homegrown application has brought to our personal and professional lives.It helps families,relatives and friends stay closer,making keeping in touch simple and trouble-free.I didn’t use WeChat until I came to live and work in South Africa in 2013.Before then,I didn’t yet have a smartphone,though I did have Internet access.With my computers at home and work having MSN,Skype and QQ messengers,I was well linked with relatives and friends no matter where they-or I-were.When I arrived in South Africa,I bought a smart phone and WeChat was one of the first apps I downloaded.I was happy to find I could add all my QQ and phone contacts to my new WeChat account.I contacted other friends who were not yet using the app to join me.After that,every morning when I launched WeChat,I
A Chinese woman’s experience of using WeChat overseas By Lu AnqiWhile many of my friends in China revel in the convenience that the social networking platform WeChat has brought them, Chinese living outside China like me are also grateful forthe positive changes this homegrown application has brought to our personal and professional lives.It helps families, relatives and friends stay closer, making keeping in touch simple and trouble-free. I did not use WeChat until I came to live and work in South Africa in 2013.Before then, I didn ’ t yet have a smartphone, though I did have Internet access .With my computers at home and work having MSN, Skype and QQ messengers, I was well linked with relatives and friends no matter where they-or I-were .When I arrived in South Africa, I bought a smart phone and WeChat was one of the first apps I downloaded. I was happy to find I could add all my QQ and phone contacts to my new WeChat account.I contacted other friends who were not yet using the app to join me.After that, every morning when I launched WeChat, I