U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban on transactions using popular Chinese messaging app WeChat will cut ties to families and friends in China, millions of users in the United States fear, as they become the latest casualties in the standoff between the two nations.
“I came to the U.S. for free access to information. I feel I’m targeted by Trump,” said Tingru Nan, a Chinese graduate student at the University of Delaware. “I’m living in constant fear now thinking I might get disconnected with friends and families.”
Some WeChat users have started to share backup contacts for a limited number of apps that are still available in China, including Microsoft Corp’s Skype and LinkedIn. Allison Chan, a Chinese-American in Florida, uses a VPN every time she visits China to access U.S. sites like Facebook, Google and Twitter, which have been blocked by the Chinese government.
“I understood the argument about security, but for me, it was more about how I’m going to talk to my family,” Chan said. “My parents are worried about my grandparents because their health has been declining and they want to get constant updates about them.”
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