The EO bans US individuals from transacting with we-chat. As a US citizen in China, that would destroy my life and potentially leave me in serious dire straits. I wouldn't be able to pay my rent or eat. I would be homeless immediately. Imagine you were traveling in another country and suddenly all the local banks banned Americans and you couldn't use an ATM. If we-chat responds by kicking users who verified through US government ID off their platform it's going to be absolute hell over here. The no transaction policy also applies to Chinese in the US, whose only method of contact with family and friends in China is through Wechat.

This has already set Chinese social media on fire, and it's going to be a huge decoupling between the US and China. It essentially makes life impossible for Americans in China and unpalatable for Chinese in America. This is such bad timing as well because global transportation and borders are shut down due to covid. You can make a policy argument if you think this is a good tactical move by the US, but for my individual interests and many of my friends (many of whom were also Trump supporters), this is some of the most foreboding news we're waking up to in years. Things are going to get very difficult.

The EO bans US individuals from transacting with we-chat. As a US citizen in China, that would destroy my life and potentially leave me in serious dire straits. I wouldn't be able to pay my rent or eat. I would be homeless immediately. Imagine you were traveling in another country and suddenly all the local banks banned Americans and you couldn't use an ATM. If we-chat responds by kicking users who verified through US government ID off their platform it's going to be absolute hell over here. The no transaction policy also applies to Chinese in the US, whose only method of contact with family and friends in China is through Wechat.

This has already set Chinese social media on fire, and it's going to be a huge decoupling between the US and China. It essentially makes life impossible for Americans in China and unpalatable for Chinese in America. This is such bad timing as well because global transportation and borders are shut down due to covid. You can make a policy argument if you think this is a good tactical move by the US, but for my individual interests and almost everyone I know (many of whom were also Trump supporters), this is some of the most foreboding news we're waking up to in years. Things are going to get very difficult.

The EO bans US individuals from transacting with we-chat. As a US citizen in China, that would destroy my life and potentially leave me in serious dire straits. I wouldn't be able to pay my rent or eat. I would be homeless immediately. Imagine you were traveling in another country and suddenly all the local banks banned Americans and you couldn't use an ATM. If wechat kicks users Americans off their platform it's going to be absolute hell for a lot of people. This also applies to Chinese in the US, whose only method of contact with family and friends in China is through Wechat.

This has already set Chinese social media on fire, and it's going to be a huge decoupling between the US and China. It essentially makes life impossible for Americans in China and unpalatable for Chinese in America. This is such bad timing as well because global transportation and borders are shut down due to covid. You can make a policy argument if you think this is a good tactical move by the US, but for my individual interests and almost everyone I know (many of whom were also Trump supporters), this is some of the most foreboding news we're waking up to in years. Things are going to get very difficult.