The icon for Tencent’s QQ messaging application seen on a smartphone. Photo: Bloomberg
Downloads for WeChat sibling QQ jump after Trump’s executive order
- QQ, a 21-year-old messaging platform made by Tencent, is seen as an alternative to WeChat for communicating with people inside China
- The US has called for Apple and Google to remove “untrusted” Chinese apps from app stores
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The icon for Tencent’s QQ messaging application seen on a smartphone. Photo: Bloomberg