WeChat Too Many Operations? NZ Newcomers’ Survival Plan
Why WeChat Can Feel Like a Full-Time Job in China You land in China with a decent phone, a local SIM, perhaps a room sorted near campus or your new workplace, and you think the hard bit is over. Then WeChat starts firing on all cylinders. A lecturer posts a timetable change in one group. Your landlord sends a voice note in another. Someone drops a food-delivery link into a flatmates’ chat. A class rep says everyone must fill in a form by 5 pm. Your mate sends a red packet, your cousin in New Zealand rings through the app, and somewhere in the middle of it all, you are trying to work out why a mini-programme wants access to your location. ...