It has been more than two years since Alibaba launched its enterprise app Ding Ding (钉钉). In February 2015, websites such as TechCrunch and TechinAsia described the app as a new mobile and desktop program for businesses that aimed to compete with Tencent’s WeChat—China’s top messaging app.

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A beautiful essay critiquing the “fake lives” of Beijingers is blocked after lighting up Chinese social media

An online essay titled “Beijing Has 20 Million People Pretending to Have a Life Here” (“北京,有2000万人假装在生活,” full English translation here) by Chinese writer and blogger Zhang Wumao (张五毛) became a viral hit on WeChat and Weibo after it was published on the author’s WeChat account on July 23.

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