This upstart wants a slice of WeChat’s billion users

Chinese instant messaging app Bullet Messenger is seen on a mobile phone in this illustration picture taken September 4, 2018. Picture taken September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration

Call it David versus Goliath – with emojis. 

China’s dominant social network, WeChat, faces an upstart competitor that’s not only found a growing numbers of users, but also funding from investors and support from techies.“