WeChat has played a major role in mobilizing Chinese Trump supporters. This is partly because of his pro-business policies, but also because they feel Democrat leaders in cities like New York have ignored concerns about education and law and order policies in particular. But in recent years, some new immigrants have put their feet firmly in the Trump camp. The Democrats used to be able to assume they had overwhelming support from the Chinese community in the US. It’s the restraints on his own supporters that could backfire most for Trump with an election looming. If the WeChat clampdown had occurred six months ago, it would have made it much more difficult for Chinese in the US to locate and import millions of pieces of invaluable personal protective equipment that were donated to hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and police precincts here. To be sure, WeChat has been used by trolls in China to spread disinformation about events in the US, China, and the world, but it also gave people living here the chance to counter them with the truth. It also means the last effective two-way channel between China and the US will be closed, as all other non-China-owned communication apps are banned in China. It means American businesses will find it hard to communicate with their Chinese suppliers, customers, or partners, and Chinese students-who’ve already faced a battering over allegations of espionage and various immigration controls-will be less likely to come here to study.
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