Homegrown apps and strategies for universal use

As a Chinese person, I am often struck by the fact that some of my foreign friends appear to be more Chinese than me, in terms of using homegrown technologies employed by domestic businesses.

Lily, a Briton who is currently working as an intern in Beijing, insists on using Chinese image-editing apps every time we take pictures. Typically, she spends at least half-an-hour finessing a bunch of images, making herself appear brighter in them.

"I never saw such creative apps back in the United Kingdom. They are so interesting-I'm a big fan," she said.