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The overwhelming method of communication in China is WeChat, whether that is in messaging or voice call. WeChat is the absolute most important communication medium -- this is true for all age ranges.

You statement doesn't sound ridiculous, just uninformed and lacking awareness of how people communicate in China.

Sounds like the Chinese people are uninformed.

Wonder why.

No different with Messenger in the US. Fools.

Assuming he’s not in china, it would be costly to make international calls.

12/15 hour time difference also make it difficult to find a good time to make phone calls

How do you send a picture by phone?

...MMS?

MMS is awful and barely works domestically, let alone internationally. As far as I can tell I can't even send MMS internationally from my phone network. Even for domestic MMS messages, they are charged at an effective rate of £1833/gigabyte.