sofialuo

Senior Researcher, Weixin Strategic Research Institute

[sofialuo @Alwaycheerup]

@starmanXHJ @luoleiorg 可以用啊，但也有老外不想下载 wechat 的吧

[sofialuo @Alwaycheerup]

@watchernewsx @business Interesting. But both Alipay and Weixin Pay work with Visa and MasterCard Instead of getting route around, they work with VM, American Express, JCB, etc to ensure anyone travel to China has access to pay.

[sofialuo @Alwaycheerup]

@manyapan Also on Weixin(Chinese Version of WeChat) e-store. And I'm sure in Nanyou and Yiwu is sold out.

[sofialuo @Alwaycheerup]

Elon's kid in tiger head bag. Now it's trending in China. The tiger head bag on WeChat e-store is sold out. For the real deal (or bulk): Just try Nanyou Fashion Wholesale Market in Shenzhen.
If you're in Shenzhen, go and take a look!@CleansedTweets @1860rm

[sofialuo @Alwaycheerup]

WeChatPay is a good Case of everyone Tech. In China, Remote small shops don't have POS machines. A QR code costs almost nothing. Larger brands usually cooperate with Saas providers to create a more sophisticated service. That's how China's business payment works.

[Ryan Milton 弥瑞恩 @1860rm]

@Alwaycheerup @RobLuceroJr I would like to learn more about how WeChat pay works.

[sofialuo @Alwaycheerup]

I've taken China's smooth internet connectivity for granted. Until I read your words. Indeed to make QR code Payment so common relies on those infrastructures. I took the photo of a street peddlers' stall in a remote village in Yunnan. The green QR code can be seen everywhere.

[Ryan Milton 弥瑞恩 @1860rm]

You mean the app that does what it takes five to 10 apps to do in the United States?

WeChat pay actually worked slightly better for me than Alipay.

Both are very usable, but just to focus on WeChat pay, I would say that it’s more simple and easy to use.

There’s a hidden element here that people in the west don’t know:

Internet connectivity across China, and even between the big cities is superior to connectivity inside the United States.

An example is that I was on the Yangtze river and I was able to have good connectivity back to the US.

I was able to purchase things from street vendors using WeChat pay in more remote villages— I have a difficult time having a good Internet signal in my own neighborhood!

There are whole parts of modern cities in the United States, where the signal is just low or nonexistent.

So that has to be taken into account with WeChat pay.

Little old ladies who were selling little trinkets out of their handbag were easy to pay!

A few times I had to get refunds and that was also very easy.

I mean very easy and that you don’t have to be an engineer and it’s just right there always.

I used cash twice on my trip and that was just to give a tip.

I left my wallet in my luggage the entire trip.

[Ryan Milton 弥瑞恩 @1860rm]

You mean the app that does what it takes five to 10 apps to do in the United States?

WeChat pay actually worked slightly better for me than Alipay.

Both are very usable, but just to focus on WeChat pay, I would say that it’s more simple and easy to use.

There’s a hidden element here that people in the west don’t know:

Internet connectivity across China, and even between the big cities is superior to connectivity inside the United States.

An example is that I was on the Yangtze river and I was able to have good connectivity back to the US.

I was able to purchase things from street vendors using WeChat pay in more remote villages— I have a difficult time having a good Internet signal in my own neighborhood!

There are whole parts of modern cities in the United States, where the signal is just low or nonexistent.

So that has to be taken into account with WeChat pay.

Little old ladies who were selling little trinkets out of their handbag were easy to pay!

A few times I had to get refunds and that was also very easy.

I mean very easy and that you don’t have to be an engineer and it’s just right there always.

I used cash twice on my trip and that was just to give a tip.

I left my wallet in my luggage the entire trip.

[sofialuo @Alwaycheerup]

@1860rm @RobLuceroJr Glad you had good time in China, Ryan! Would like to hear more on how you feel about WeChat Pay

[George Pu @TheGeorgePu]

Tencent just plugged agentic AI into WeChat.

1.4 billion users now have an AI that can book, pay, send, and act on their behalf.

No download. No new app. Just there.

While we're still debating which chatbot is best.

China just made AI invisible.

[sofialuo @Alwaycheerup]

1. The most questions about XChat are how to gain new friends. XChat is the DM from X. Add new friend's from X.
2. XChat icon appearance can be customized.
3. Can anyone tell me why the Read feature tails? Does it matter to show whether the message is read? #XChat @elonmusk

[sofialuo @Alwaycheerup]

@Fggtqvf @torontobigface 所以关系链就是 X 上的

[sofialuo @Alwaycheerup]

@Fggtqvf @torontobigface 怎么加？

[sofialuo @Alwaycheerup]

@Shuyusyz More product philosophies and stories behind: https://t.co/RgDSxZTw2v @Gracemzshao

[sofialuo @Alwaycheerup]

@Shuyusyz Love Shuyu's X profile: make AI actually available to everyone. That's what Tencent has been trying to do since 2014, when Weixin Pay brought QR code payments to everyone from street peddlers to big malls. Now, we try to make AI just as accessible.

[sofialuo @Alwaycheerup]

@Shuyusyz Love Shuyu's X profile: make AI actually available to everyone. That's what Tencent has been trying to do since 2014, when Weixin Pay brought QR code payments to everyone from street peddlers to big malls. Now, we try to make AI just as accessible.

[sofialuo @Alwaycheerup]

@CleansedTweets Well, a mobile payment culture really takes the pressure off tipping, while still letting you tip if you wish. Some would tip via WeChat red packets. A very different consuming culture.