https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/14/chinese-americans-fear-losing-touch-with-friends-family-after-wechat-order/ > After her father passed away in January, Ming Luo promised her mother that she’d try to visit more often. They’re far apart — Luo lives in Palo Alto and her mother in Chengdu, China — and Luo stays in touch through video calls on China’s ubiquitous messaging app WeChat. > “We’ll chat about everything,” she said. “It’s become very essential for me, and for her too because she is 75 this year. … We cannot travel easily to see each other and also it’s pretty lonely.”