Scan Code WeChat: US Students' Safety in China
Why the phrase “scan code WeChat” should make you look twice If you’re a United States student, researcher, or long-term resident about to land in Beijing, Shanghai, or a mid-sized city where life mostly happens inside WeChat, you already know: “scan code” is shorthand for everything from paying for noodles to joining a class group. It’s convenient, and often frictionless — but that convenience is also the opening that fraudsters and sketchy services use. ...