Escalating tensions snap one of the last remaining digital bridges between US & China


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By Daisuke Wakabayashi, Cecilia Kang and Kellen Browning Every day for nearly five years, Juliet Shen’s 94-year-old grandmother in Shanghai has begun her day with a WeChat message to her 40 children and grandchildren scattered across the globe. “Good morning, everyone!” she writes. And each time, the diaspora of family members across China, the United States and Central America respond with a cascade of warm replies. Shen, 27, who lives in New York, also chats with her parents in China and her brother in Nicaragua in a separate WeChat group, where they share thoughts about their daily meals and other...