Wechat blocks Evergrande protest groups

Some instant messaging groups used by people owed money by property giant China Evergrande Group to organise protests and discuss claims have been blocked on Tencent’s Wechat platform, group members said. Eight users across at least eight different groups, each numbering around 200 to 500 people, said they were prevented from sending new messages to the groups starting from Tuesday morning. Tencent declined to comment and the Cyberspace Administration of China did not immediately respond. The crisis at Evergrande, weighed down under $305 billion in debt and in the midst of a cash crunch, poses a challenge for the government.