Nov 20, 2013 06:54 PM

Closer Look: Who Rules the Virtual World? WeChat Does

By staff reporters Zhu Yishi and Tian Shujuan

(Beijing) – Businesses of all stripes are trying to figure out ways to make use of Tencent Holding's WeChat app, lured mainly by the messaging service's large number of users.

On November 18, Tencent held a conference in the southern city of Guangzhou to meet potential WeChat partners and no fewer than 5,000 representatives from various businesses attended.

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