Australia’s Prime Minister has His Social Media Page Hacked

Scott Morrison, the Prime Minister of Australia, had his social media profile hacked on a Chinese platform, WeChat earlier this month. The page has been re-branded to push the Communist propaganda of the country.

The page was renamed as ‘Australian Chinese new life’. Intelli...

CHINESE STOCKS END HIGHER; SHANGHAI TO HAND OUT DIGITAL CURRENCY

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• Chinese stocks end higher; Shanghai to hand out digital currency.
• Shanghai Composite Index ended up 0.21 percent, at 3,591.84 points.
• The ChiNext Index gained 1.28 percent to close at 3,242.61 points.
• Shanghai ...

BRITAIN’S AMBASSADOR TO CHINA SUMMONED OVER AN ARTICLE ON INTERNATIONAL MEDIA

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• Britain’s ambassador to China summoned over an article on international media.
• Caroline Wilson’s article was posted on the official WeChat account of the British embassy.
• China’s Foreign Ministry made a...

CAAC INVESTIGATE DONGHAI AIRLINES MID-AIR DISPUTE ENDANGERING FLIGHT SAFETY

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• CAAC investigate Donghai Airlines' mid-air dispute endangering flight safety.
• The airlines had immediately suspended the crew members involved in the fight.
• The incident went viral on social media after an aviation-f...

CHINA TO DOLE OUT $1.5 MILLION IN A DIGITAL CURRENCY PILOT RUN DURING LUNAR NEW YEAR

• Beijing will dole out about $1.5 million in a limited trial run of the central bank’s digital currency, as told by the municipal government over the weekend.
• A sum total of 10 million yuan will be handed out through about 50,000 packets of 200 yuan, or about $30, each.

BIG TECH NAMES TENCENT AND DOUYIN TAKE FIGHT INTO EACH OTHER’S CAMPS

• As China sharpens its claws on the country’s leading tech companies, two of the industry's biggest names in the business are indulging in a verbal backlash.
• Douyin — the Chinese version of short-content video app TikTok -— sued Tencent (TCEHY) on Tuesday. ...

U.S. APPEALS COURT TURNS DOWN IMMEDIATE WeChat BAN REQUEST

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• Three-judge bench for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said the government had not demonstrated it would suffer an imminent, irreparable injury during the pendency of this appeal, which is being expedited

• The ruling will avoid an unprecedented shutdo...

ALIPAY-THE OMNIPRESENT APP TO GET AROUND IN CHINA

• The most significantly important item to have for Chinese citizens whenever they are on or an outing or hailing a cab on a moonlit night is the Alipay smartphone app.    
• As always, the smallest but smartest thing to carry in possession during a recent outin...

CHINA CATEGORICAL ON US BAN OF TIKTOK AND WECHAT IN NONCONFORMANCE TO WTO RULES

• China was vehement in its tirade at a World Trade Organization meeting against the United States which has shunned Chinese mobile applications TikTok and WeChat, stating that they oppose the body’s rules, a trade official said.
• The Trump administration has ordered downloa...

U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEEK AN IMMEDIATE BAN ON DOWNLOADS OF WeChat

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• The President of the United States, Donald Trump on August 6 had issued an executive order to ban two Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat, effective from September 20

• Last Saturday, Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in California had agreed to delay US restric...

TENCENT'S WeChat WITNESSES JUMP IN NUMBER OF DOWNLOADS BEFORE US BAN

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• The US Department of Commerce had issued an order asking Alphabet Inc’s Google and Apple Inc to take down WeChat for downloads, but this move was blocked by a US judge on Sunday

• According to data analytics firm Sensor Tower, WeChat was installed ...

ByteDance FILES COMPLAINT IN A WASHINGTON COURT AGAINST U.S GOVERNMENT TO BLOCK BAN

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• TikTok along with its parent company, ByteDance Ltd has filed a complaint in Washington federal court in order to challenge the executive order issued by the President Donald Trump on August 6

• TikTok and ByteDance in their complaint have alleged Trump ...

US TO BAN TikTok AND WeChat FROM SUNDAY: OFFICIALS

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• After this ban, no American will be able to download these two apps developed by Chinese companies ByteDance and Tencent

• This ban announced on Friday will affect only new downloads and updates, while the existing users can continue using TikTok

UPCOMING WeChat BAN WON’T IMPACT USERS SAYS US GOVERNMENT

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• An executive order was issued by the President Trump on August 6 that targeted TikTok and WeChat as purported threat to the national security

• A suit was filed in the federal court in California to stop this ban by the nonprofit US WeChat Users Alliance...

IMPACT OF TRUMP’S WeChat BAN ON U.S. BUSINESSES IN CHINA

The President of the United States, Donald Trump recently signed an executive order to ban WeChat, a mobile-payment app that is owned by Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings.
According to the market analysts and experts, the impact of a ban of WeChat will more than on TikTok. The busi...

CHINESE TECH COMPANIES SHROUDED IN VEIL OF MYSTERY

• In late June 2020, the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) ascertained in the interests of the nation, two mobile players Huawei and ZTE as ‘national security threat’.
• In its official press release, it stated, ‘FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Secu...

INDIA’S BAN ON 59 APPS HITS THE RIGHT SPOT, CHINA SAYS ‘STRONGLY CONCERNED'

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• Chinese Foreign Ministry Zhao Lijian said India should uphold rights of Chinese businesses

• All the Chinese companies have been invited to offer clarifications in front of a government panel

• TikTok owned by Bytedance, Tencent's WeCh...

Tourism agencies turn to WeChat for attracting more tourists

Most of the tourism agencies are gradually turning to the popular Chinese social media app, WeChat, for attracting a major section of the rising outbound tourism market.

Recently, the social messaging app rolled out an agreement to some thirty foreign tourism agencies, which includes Si...

Next year will be the first global 'Social Media Olympics'

Next year will be the first genuinely global "social media Olympics." The reach of the major social media platforms has grown between 50% and 100% since the Rio Games in 2016. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Weibo and WeChat's combined, monthly active user base now reaches 5.3 billion...