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China

Business & Tech13 min

Alipay, WeChat Pay: How China Abolished Cash

QR-code duopoly, technological leapfrogging, the red-envelope war and the digital yuan: the mobile payment rail that erased cash in China.

July 21, 2026Read

China

Business & Tech12 min

WeChat: the super-app that does everything

The full history of WeChat, the Chinese super-app that redefined digital life. Messaging, mobile payment, mini-programs, social network: how one application became a social operating system.

June 29, 2026Read