Chinese-Americans say Trump's potential WeChat ban would be 'heartbreaking' and destroy international lines of family communication
,, it's unclear whether the order is even legal or enforceable. Still, even the threat of a WeChat ban is daunting for those who rely on the app to communicate with family or friends in China., particularly in China itself. It serves as a hub for dating, games, making doctor's appointments, buying movie tickets, sending money, and more.
Wan Qi Kong, whose family is Chinese and Malaysian, grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and uses the app to communicate with her sister and parents, all of whom are in the US. Her parents use WeChat to communicate with relatives in Malaysia, so rather than having a family group text, they use WeChat. "For my parents, it would actually have a difference for their daily lives," Kong, 23, who lives in New Orleans, told Insider.
Duan echoed that sentiment. "It just made me doubt if this is the country that so many people dreamed about and wanted to go to explore," she said of the executive order. "It just made me question that." that targeting WeChat signifies a change in the US' approach to China's Great Firewall, with reporters Paul Mozur and Raymond Zhong writing that "restricting WeChat and TikTok could be the first steps in an eye-for-an-eye reprisal.
The US government has not followed that guidance. Trump himself has repeatedly referred to the virus, which experts believe first spread to humans in Wuhan, China,Duan, who is the only member of her immediate family living in the US, said she's afraid of how anti-China discrimination could become even worse as a result of Trump's executive order. "I think there's a fear in everyone's heart," said Duan, who often feels "isolated" in the US.
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