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The ongoing anti China circus through executive orders is arbitrary and draconian to say the least... and while I've been mostly ignoring it so far, a lot of Am
by geokon 6y ago
The ongoing anti China circus through executive orders is arbitrary and draconian to say the least... and while I've been mostly ignoring it so far, a lot of Americans live in China and have money on Wechat. Are they now violating this week's "law"?
The actual executive order: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-addressing-threat-posed-wechat/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-or...
It's quite short and just adds a lot of FUD
- jhart99 6y agoI just went to my Wechat to try to transfer my money left in there to a friend. Transfer isn't going through.
- gzu 6y agoHuge implications if this is true and WeChat has already locked down money transfers. How could you get it out? Bitcoin?
- geokon 6y agoI just managed to move part of my money to friends. Try in smaller amounts. Sending a bunch of hongbaos works up to a point as well (then it requires SMS verification which I can't do right now)
- bleepblorp 6y agoSending multiple small transactions to evade limits might get you flagged by your bank, or FinCEN, as a potential money launderer.
- jhart99 6y agoAfter fooling around with it, I was able to move or otherwise give away the balance in my account. I had to do in a combination of smaller hongbaos, transfers and business transfers. I triggered face verification with the first transfer I tried, but some how it reset after a while.