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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where WeChat comes up
A Whirlwind Tour Through Tech Trends in China
- ▶ 2:18 Connie Chan And the main app that has been driving this dynamic, this mobile first seamless society in China is WeChat. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:53 Connie Chan I can open my WeChat app, look for a doctor with the right specialty, get their reviews, figure out how much they charge, and then actually even book my appointment all on my smartphone. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 4:36 Connie Chan In these examples, you can see how WeChat is connecting the online and the offline world. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 6:26 Connie Chan Alipay and WeChat payments are the dominant payment players here in this digital landscape.
- ▶ 7:16 Connie Chan As a result, in China, brands and businesses are all very eager to have people pay online through Alipay or WeChat payments.
- ▶ 7:45 Connie Chan This is an example of what advertising looks like on WeChat.
- ▶ 9:28 Connie Chan And to promote this in Shanghai, they printed QR codes and pasted them on bus stops and told people to go find this QR codes and scan it with WeChat. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:06 Connie Chan What's important here is that these stores are connected to their WeChat accounts. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 23:35 Connie Chan For communication, everyone is plugged in and using WeChat to connect the online and the offline.
- ▶ 23:42 Connie Chan That connection is made possible by payments and QR codes largely powered by Alipay and WeChat payments.
Mobile Is Eating the World, 2015
- ▶ 19:45 Benedict Evans 2014, at least eight hundred billion photographs were shared on social networks across Facebook, Snapchat, um, WeChat, and the other major networks.