The-First-Superapp-Inside-China’s-WeChat-and-the-new-digital-revolution

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The First Superapp: Inside China’s WeChat and the new
digital revolution
Sinopsis :
China has leapfrogged past the West in many areas of tech
&#8212China&#8217mobile payments have surpassed the
United States 100-fold and most Chinese consumers
haven&#8217tused cash or a credit card for years &#8212and
at the center of this new digital revolution is WeChat, the
world&#8217first superapp. For people in China, WeChat is
now the everything app &#8212wallet, social media,
messaging, food ordering, bill paying, game playing and much
more. And companies across the world are only now racing to
catch up by creating a similar, all-encompassing digital
phenomenon. The First Superapp provides a glimpse of the

future, and Kevin Shimota, a former top executive at WeChat,
tells the inside story of how this phenomenon began in the
context of China&#8217unique internet. He tells the story of
WeChat&#8217creation and its climb to become the first
superapp, providing insights on the psyche of
WeChat&#8217founder, and of modern China tech to explain
the fundamentals of these new innovations and how the
framework they form could be reproduced beyond China.