[yvsong]

Apple will win this battle. WeChat is tightly monitored by the Chinese government for any sensitive info, and heavily censored. It's losing appeal. The problem has grown more and more serious recently since there is a hot political war going on, and messages published on Twitter and YouTube are propagated on WeChat. The YouTube attack on 6/16 is part of the war.

Generally Uncle Donald is right on trade. China's great firewall is a major trade barrier. China's Internet industry does not have foreign competition. Uncle Sam should be much tougher on trade deals.

[yladiz]

WeChat is integral to Chinese culture right now. If you go to China, there are a lot of businesses that only use WeChat Pay and nothing else. WeChat isn't losing appeal, rather, it's essential to living in China.

[XiaomiFan]

Funniest comment I've ever read on HN, well done.

Tencent has the power to singlehandedly kill off Apple in China, as a Chinese, I really wish they had the balls to do it.

[luminati]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14065072

Pick one.

[imron]

Don't see why.

Imagine someone born in China who moved to canada when young, and grew up there until after university, then went back to china to take advantage of their western education with their Chinese heritage.

Is that person Canadian or Chinese? The answer is likely both.

[teacup50]

I'm sure you're aware of the notion of a "Chinese Canadian"

[yvsong]

>Tencent has the power to singlehandedly kill off Apple in China, as a Chinese, I really wish they had the balls to do it.

Your comment is fairly funny too. Tencent's balls are in Chinese government's hands. You are wishing the Chinese government had the balls.