WeChat offers attractive service to foreign users

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For more discussion, we’re joined on the phone by Professor Zhao Kefeng from the department of economics at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

Q1: The popularity of WeChat, or Weixin, in China, is clear to see. But in other countries, consumers have several alternatives to choose from, like WhatsApp for example. So how and why is WeChat managing to find a niche on the international market?

Q2: How much of a threat do you think Yixin will be able to pose to WeChat?

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