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I travel frequently to China. Didi (Chinese uber) works with foreign cards. nothing else will work. the easiest way to get money on wechat is to "buy money" from someone you trust/know: give them cash and they will send you money through wechat, that you can then use to pay.

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You can't accept the money that is sent to you unless you have a bank account.

not true. unless it was like that before. I came back from a trip a few weeks ago and that's how I got money in my wechat account. And I don't have a bank account linked.

edit: to zht's comment, I did have a US cc added.

To clarify, this has recently changed. In 2017 you could not accept money in your WeChat account without a Chinese card or bank account. As of 2018, adding a foreign credit card enables the "money" feature" and allows you to receive funds.

you can link a US issued debit card as a "credit card" under wechat and you can then accept money from others (and also send money from your stored balance)

Correct. I can confirm. This is what I do as well.

That's also the best way to buy bitcoin.

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