tengxun app: A UK Newcomer’s WeChat Survival Kit
Why the tengxun app matters before you even land in China For plenty of people arriving from the United Kingdom, China’s first proper culture shock is not the food, the language, or figuring out why every local seems to own a thermos. It is realising that WeChat — the tengxun app most people simply call WeChat — sits in the middle of daily life. You may have downloaded it to message a mate or scan a restaurant QR code. Then, quite suddenly, it becomes the place where your lecturer shares timetable changes, your flatmate sends the building repair contact, your football group arranges a five-a-side match, and someone forwards a second-hand desk at a price that looks suspiciously good. One app, dozens of little doors into life. Handy? Absolutely. Slightly overwhelming in your first fortnight? Also absolutely. ...