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20 February 2014
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Tencent’s WeChat app is worth around $30 bln. That’s more than the $19 bln Facebook paid for its U.S. rival, even though the Chinese version has two-thirds as many users. But customer numbers matter less than the ability to make money. WeChat’s prospects justify a higher valuation.
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