Overseas Chinese users can still use the chat function in Alipay to chat, no problem. As well as a host of other services like skype, facetime, etc. Also, the

Overseas Chinese users can still use the chat function in Alipay to chat, no problem. As well as a host of other services like skype, facetime, etc. Also, the Chinese communist party/government has recently decided to tighten the noose on its private companies: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/business/china-communist-private-business.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/business/china-communist-... which makes wechat a national threat.