For Chinese Americans, WeChat ban threatens to upend business and community

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In just a few weeks, the link many Chinese Americans rely on to stay connected to friends and family both in the U.S. and China, will likely be severed.

, on"any transaction that is related to WeChat by any person," claiming the app was a threat to"national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States." The ban is expected to go into effect on Sept. 20.Sha Zhu shows the app WeChat on her phone, which she uses to keep in touch with family and friends in the U.S. and China, Aug. 18, 2020, in Washington, DC.

The ban also comes at a time of heightened tensions between the Trump administration and Beijing as the two largest economies spar over trade. Some Chinese Americans say they felt the sudden and sweeping ban that cuts off their main source of communication with each other was rooted in xenophobia, especially as Trump repeatedly uses the racist term"China virus" to refer to the coronavirus.

People wear protective face masks at a seafood market in China Town as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on Aug. 18, 2020, in New York."WeChat is very important for the local Chinese American community here. We use it as a tool to organize events and activities; it's a platform for people to get together and hold events," he said.

"WeChat is like internet and electricity in my home, I just cannot live a day without it," she said."I depend on it."

 

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Yeah no other apps out there on Google play or iTunes 🤣

You see what the news is doing they tell you Chinese Chinese Chinese but I just looked at Donald Trump convention nobody would have mass all they say stop throwing rocks before someone kick your ass white people not White Masters not not maskin either the news bear falsewitness✌🏿

Good

Any other way to communicate? Only, Facebook, Email, Twitter, phone mail,.. etc , oh wait CCPChina blocks most access, so why is America the bad guy? If National security threat it needs to be stopped! But if not, Chinese everywhere start demanding Freedom FreeHongKong

I had a pen pal when I was a kid. Pencils and paper still work. Or I guess we could keep the spyware so the kids can talk to grandma. Idiots.

This is Trump's high tech concentration camp for Chinese Americans like Roosevelt did to Japanese Americans during WW2. Trump has declared a hybrid war against China.

ABC News, Why u are not telling CCP Government to allow GOOGLE, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, and FACEBOOK business in China ... ... ABC News, U R really good at kissing CCP's fat ass ......

Only in the land of the FREE! Right Donald?🥰

Unfortunately, China should be excluded from democratic free world until it is. The CCP continues to steal tech and fake reforms while committing atrocities against its own ppl. Until when? The totalitarian axis overpowers free democratic countries?

In case you didn’t see it

The CCP will fall. Very soon

...Guessing there exists no other platform? And UR ok with China stealing intellectual property?

Shut it down now. Chinese hacking tool

Extreme thoughts are spreading in American politics. The people at the bottom are always injured!

They knew it was coming Loongg before we did.

We can still use a telephone. Remember those?

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