Tencent, the company behind WeChat, is hiring citizens to patrol online spaces for inadmissible content. Given that collaborative efforts leave people with a sense of joint ownership, Tencent is crowdsourcing censorship to make it seem more palatable.

Travelling to Paris is often a romantic adventure, but Chinese tourists carrying large amounts of cash make themselves targets for muggers. The Galeries Lafayette group will allow people to pay via WePay, making shopping in Paris more convenient and safe.

WeChat has introduced a feature that enables brands and publishers to set their own prices for content they produce, with interested users paying directly through the platform for access. In the age of ad-blocking, could this kind of paywall encourage people to pay for what they read and watch?

WeChat is China’s favourite messaging platform, used for everything from chatting to mates to selling your old stuff. And it’s not just young people who are using the app. Boomers and Seniors are following suit – but they’re using it in ways that better serves their needs.