WeChat Reading: A Survival Guide for US Students in China
Why WeChat reading matters if you’re a US person or student in China Walking into a Chinese university campus or apartment building without knowing how to read on WeChat is like showing up without cash in a restaurant that only accepts QR. For people from the United States living in China—or planning to come here—WeChat reading (official accounts, mini-program articles, short-form feeds and audiobooks inside the app) is not just entertainment. It’s how local notices, campus updates, cultural guides, job postings, and even informal housing alerts get delivered. The shift from print to mobile reading that Russian-language reporting summarized—where official WeChat accounts now reach a majority of readers—lines up with what I see on the ground: digital-first reading is baked into daily life. ...