Category: WeChat

China’s Misleading Propaganda: Using Prison Riot Scene to Dramatize Hate Attacks Of Chinese Americans

A video claiming to show a hate attack on Chinese Americans in California is widely circulated in China and other Asian countries. However, it was verified that the video was actually a gang riot that occurred in an Ecuadorian prison in February this year. Beginning on April 26, the video started circulating on multiple social…


Communist Regime Censors Speech on Military Affairs

Military affairs have recently become a censored topic within the Great Firewall—communist China’s sophisticated internet censorship system, amid the tightened control over speech and information on social media platforms. On March 30, several official accounts that cover military affairs on Chinese social media platform WeChat were suspended on the same day. Among them was the…


Biden’s Commerce Secretary Owns Stake in WeChat Parent Company as White House Reviews Trump’s Ban

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and her husband own a financial stake in WeChat parent company Tencent Holdings, even as the Commerce Department reviews a ban of the Chinese tech giant. Raimondo and her husband Andrew Moffit own a stake worth between $21,500 and $44,500 in Tencent Holdings, according to a financial disclosure filed Jan….


Commerce Secretary Owns Stake in WeChat Parent Company as White House Reviews Trump’s Ban

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and her husband own a financial stake in WeChat parent company Tencent Holdings, even as the Commerce Department reviews a ban of the Chinese tech giant. Raimondo and her husband Andrew Moffit own a stake in Tencent worth between $21,500 and $44,500, according to a financial disclosure filed Jan. 19…


Communist Party Tightens Control on Chinese Social Media, License Now Required to Comment on Current Affairs

China’s ruling communist party has further tightened its control over speech, information, and thought among the Chinese people, announcing limits on what is allowed on Chinese social media. The country’s social media platforms in recent days have issued notices to users, requiring them to obtain “Internet News Information Service Licenses” or otherwise be banned from…


Press Freedom Group Voices Concerns about China’s New Social Media Restrictions

Belgium-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), a trade union organization that seeks to defend press freedom, on Jan. 28 voiced grave concerns about the Chinese regime’s two recently issued rules on social media content. China’s National Press and Publication Administration (NPPA) announced on Jan. 19 new regulations on how regional authorities should conduct their annual…