HONG KONG -- Michael Xu was spellbound. Soon after visiting relatives in China in 2017, the game developer from Toronto decided to fly halfway around the world -- again -- to learn how to build games for the Chinese app WeChat.
Smartphone 'superapps' are used by millions daily across Southeast Asia. (Nikkei photo illustration)
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