I’m going to Taiwan next March for work and i use WeChat to contact my Supplier in China, is WeChat blocked in Taiwan?
because I’ve heard mixed responses like it’s blocked in Taipei but not in Tainan
I used it when I got here 2.5 years ago but quickly deleted it when I saw the security concerns. I’ll ask some friends if they still use it.
WeChat works but if you stop using it for a certain amount of time (no idea how long) it locks you out, and you must have another WeChat user to unlock you. I have no idea how to get it to work and unless I find another phone number I can’t use WeChat at all.
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Yea it’s not blocked, but it will delete you if you are not active enough, that’s what happened to mine too, lol
It’s worse than that.
You can’t even create a new account with that phone number unless you get a current WeChat user to “vouch” for you. And the system doesn’t work half the time.
good to know that it’s not blocked yet
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I’ve been using it here for several years, registered to my Taiwanese phone number, and it’s not blocked. I did start getting these messages maybe 2 months ago, eventually forcing me to update my region to Taiwan (it had been set to the UK since I opened the account in maybe 2013), because I think some features are only available in China. Haven’t noticed any difference in the service yet though. (I removed the small amount of money I had in my WeChat Wallet anyway, just in case.)
I want to be your supplier.
I am in taichung since 1990.
I supply products from china, India, Vietnam, Indonesia,.
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In which sector do you in?
Clothing, sport shoes, textiles, pvc/pu leather, chemicals, pvc resin, many more.
I’m trying to log into WeChat which I’ve been part of for like many years. In and out of China for like I don’t know 8 or 10 years.
Always been working until recently I logged out accidentally.
Now I’m trying to log in to a my account and there’s no option for Taiwan login or something what the f*** how what?
What does this mean? They ask where you live when you log in?
I went through something similar, where I hadn’t logged in for a few years. When I finally did with same cell #, I got back in with no hiccups.
yea sometimes you get locked out you have to get a friend on wechat to text you a code to be able to sign in. It’s a pain. I hear in China they don’t do that.
If you change phones or wipe it wechat will do that.
I changed phones. That didn’t happen.
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Me too, and it didn’t happen to me either. 
Don’t know what this means either. You should be able to log in by user name/phone number/email IIRC (though I’m not logging out to find out).
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Luthiersism
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I just logged in to both the mobile & desktop version without any problem.
I think so, yeah.
The security measure itself, where you need to choose a friend or two to contact by other means so they can send you a code to log in, does (or did) happen and it’s pretty annoying. I haven’t had it for several years now though, and it didn’t happen when I recently changed my phone. I don’t think it’s something that happens all the time by default.
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Changed phones twice in the last few years and it didn’t happen to me either!
That just might catch on! 
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