WeChat, a wildly popular app in China and among the Chinese diaspora, could soon become unavailable in the US after President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting the app over security concerns. The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou reports the prospect of a WeChat ban has rattled many Chinese Americans and members of the Chinese diaspora who rely on the app.
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