Yes, this was very annoying when visiting China. I had to resort to giving my friends cash so they could send "red envelopes (virtual credits)" to my account.

Yes, this was very annoying when visiting China. I had to resort to giving my friends cash so they could send "red envelopes (virtual credits)" to my account. I really hope WeChat does better on this. Either letting us use our foreign cards or have some type of top off card where you can buy at convenience stores or the airport and load that into WeChat account. I know there are some services that can do this, but I'm not sure how reliable they are.