[https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/08/tech/wechat-chinese-americans-trump/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/08/tech/wechat-chinese-americans-trump/index.html) Tencent (TCEHY)'s popular messaging app could now be banned in the US if the company doesn't agree to sell it by mid-September, as required by an executive order issued Thursday. WeChat is the latest target in President Trump's rapidly escalating tech war with China, which has also put short-form video app TikTok under fire. The news has shaken Chinese Americans and anyone with ties to China who rely on the app as the main way of keeping in touch with family and friends there.