China to ban online gaming with, chatting in-game with foreigners outside Great Firewall.
Right now the title is very misleading and I was concerned that even on WeChat I wouldn't be able to talk to my Chinese friends.
Very brave of you.
And sure, no reason not to use it, as long as you're 100% certain you're never going to utter anything on the platform that isn't 100% aligned with the CCP party line.
And we're not talking about spies here, we're talking about a centralized, tyrannical government building a detailed personality profile of you to make sure you are and will remain a well behaved sheep.
Google "chinese social score" if you want to know more.