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Here’s How to Fix That Big WeChat Pay Issue

Here’s How to Fix That Big WeChat Pay Issue

Posted by | Feb 8, 2023 | , |

Woken up this morning to find your WeChat Pay will no longer work? There has been a tightening up the verification requirements (thanks for giving us zero warning on this one, WeChat...), and many people have found themselves on the wrong side of said regulations. The major issue for most is that their bank name as registered with WeChat does not match their bank name as registered with their bank. And you cannot simply reset your bank name as registered with WeChat. However, the good news is that, for many (but not all) there seems to be a fairly simple solution to the...

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Can I Access 2 WeChat Accounts with the Same Phone Number?

Can I Access 2 WeChat Accounts with the Same Phone Number?

Posted by | Feb 8, 2023 | |

Recent reports have suggested that Chinese messaging and social media platform WeChat will allow users to access two separate accounts using one phone number. Previously, users would have to use a separate phone number if they wanted to register a new WeChat account.  A related hashtag on social media platform Weibo has garnered more than 207 million views, as of press time.  Some Weibo users were confused as to why the new function was not working, with many receiving the message pictured below.  Many Weibo users posted the following, stating that they were not allowed to log into a...

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Hong Kong-Mainland COVID Tests & Travel Quota to be Scrapped

Hong Kong-Mainland COVID Tests & Travel Quota to be Scrapped

Posted by | Feb 8, 2023 | |

Mandatory COVID-19 tests for travel to and from Hong Kong, and the daily quota on the number of people who can cross border control points, are set to be scrapped this coming Tuesday, February 7, 2023.  Three more control points along the Hong Kong-Chinese mainland border, including the Luohu control point in Shenzhen, will also start reopening on February 6.  Hong Kong media outlet The Standard has reported that the Shenzhen Jinluohu Commercial City Property Management Company Ltd. issued a statement to merchants around the control point urging them to open Monday, February 6.  A merchant at the Luohu control...

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[How to]: Take Care of Your Man Health This November

[How to]: Take Care of Your Man Health This November

Posted by | Nov 25, 2022 | , |

November is men's health month, y'all, so while your growing your fabulous mustaches — and doing your other normal every day manly things like water-sealing decks, making your own fishing lures, and wrestling bears — you should also get your man bits looked at by trained professionals should you be in the age bracket to do so. There's no shame here, my guys. No embarrassment. SmartShanghai is here to give YOU the information you need on how to get prostrate and testicular exams in Shanghai, as well as introduce you to a really good mental health center if...

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Weekend in Art: Renaissance, Contemporary, Design and Op Art at Four New Shows

Weekend in Art: Renaissance, Contemporary, Design and Op Art at Four New Shows

Posted by | Nov 4, 2022 | |

Heading into the "busy art season" -- Art021 and Westbund Art Fair are opening next week, fingers crossed -- here's a couple of newly opened exhibitions you can check out this weekend. The Italians are in town as part of a government funded, consulate backed Sino-Italian culture and tourism exchange, and three of these four exhibitions feature Italian artists working in the heady High Renaissance right up to zany, ironic coffee tables and couches AKA "Contemporary Design". The fourth one is a woozily impressive Op and Kinetic Art show also showing at Museum of Art Pudong. Dig in....

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