Canadian Students: Tongyi Qianwen App for China Life
The Tongyi Qianwen App: Less Hype, More Getting Through Tuesday Picture a Canadian student arriving in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, or Chengdu with a phone full of familiar apps and a to-do list that suddenly feels twice as long. The dorm group chat is moving fast in Chinese. A class notice has a dozen abbreviations. A shop listing sounds clear enough until the delivery note turns into local shorthand. Then somebody says, “Just ask AI.” Fair enough — but that advice is a bit like telling someone to “just use public transit” in a city they have known for four hours. ...