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by hyh1048576 3198 days ago
I don't think this is to protect WeChat.

But speaking of this, it's really interesting to witness many Chinese bitcoin users/traders start to abandon WeChat and switch to Telegram. Many of them are totally new to telegram, but fear of Gov-monitoring drive them there.

See also https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-15/china-s-w...