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President Trump continues his attack on Chinese technology with a new executive order targeting WeChat, the country's most popular messaging app, which powers daily life in China and is owned by Tencent. Trump issued an executive order Thursday that will take effect in 45 days . The order would prohibit any WeChat-related transactions by any person — or involving any property — that is under the jurisdiction of the United States. In this case, Trump also issued a very similar order regarding TikTok the same night. In the order, Trump states that "the dissemination in the United States of mobile applications developed and owned by companies from the People's Republic of China (China) continues to threaten the national security , foreign policy, and economy of the United States.
The WeChat app now allows you to request a divorce in China You may have heard of WeChat, but unless you live in China, there's a good chance you haven't used it . WeChat, owned by Chinese technology conglomerate C Level Contact List Tencent, has become a daily necessity in the country . The app is basically the entire smartphone in China and offers the functions of a myriad of applications all in one. The app was launched in 2011 led by Tencent executive Allen Zhang , and now has more than 1 billion daily active users . Facebook, by comparison, is home to 1.79 billion active users worldwide. How WeChat works 9. WeChat Siphiwe Sibeko / Reuters WeChat is much more than a messaging app.
It's a hub for everything from making payments to playing games, going on appointments, meeting the doctor, buying movie tickets and just about anything else you can do throughout the day . When you open WeChat, you're not just opening an app, but a platform that can run mini-apps that let you do everything from editing photos to searching for recipes and more. It has, after all, 90% of what the use of any smartphone is worth. In 2017, Tencent and China's Ministry of Public Authority even launched a program to create official digital IDs for citizens who would live on the WeChat app. People in China can even file for divorce over WeChat . Bloomberg 's Dune Lawrence , writing in 2016 about how ubiquitous WeChat is in China , wrote that not using the app while you're there is like "refusing to wear shoes . " Read more: The US announces Clean Network, a plan to block Chinese applications that they consider "unreliable" Messaging, however, is still a big part of WeChat usage .