WeiXin/WeChat: Lifting the lid on China’s newest marketing channel

This report describes the rapid growth and popularity in China of WeiXin (the group messaging application known internationally as WeChat), which is being driven by a surge in smartphone sales.

WeiXin/WeChat: Lifting the lid on China’s newest marketing channel

Tessa Thorniley

WeiXin, which is known internationally as WeChat, is China’s hottest digital property. It is the equivalent to the popular What’s App service in the West, and has become the biggest group messaging application in the world, with claims of over 200 million users.

If 2011 was the year of Weibo (China’s equivalent of Twitter) then 2012 is fast becoming the year of WeiXin. Its rise is backed by the huge rise in smartphone sales in China which now account for 26.5% of all smartphone shipments around the world....

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