There were tons of competition for wechat, but wechat crushed them due to a combination of superior product and stronger platform (with QQ to start with). As a

There were tons of competition for wechat, but wechat crushed them due to a combination of superior product and stronger platform (with QQ to start with). As a matter of fact, usually startups in China (or large companies pushing for a new product) execute very aggressively, due to the sheer number of competitions doing almost identical things. A few years ago there were 5000+ Groupon-like startups, and that was a strong filter for the companies with a strong execution force.