Trump’s ban on WeChat threatens a vital network for Chinese community in US

The WeChat app serves not only as a connection with family overseas, but as the foundation of networking, organising, and communication for many of the more than 35,000 Philadelphians who are Chinese immigrants or of Chinese descent through the US Census as of 2015, with another 38,326 in the surrounding Pennsylvania and New Jersey suburbs. — AFP

PHILADELPHIA: For many local Chinese Americans and immigrants from China, the social media app WeChat is a lifeline to government services, community events, friends, and family living on the other side of the Pacific.

If the Trump administration has its way, it’ll be taken away.