Tactics to make sure you get your hongbao this Chinese New Year

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on our sister site, TechNode Chinese.

If you’re working in a Chinese company, then you’d better be prepared for Chinese New Year’s Eve, the best time of the year to grab red envelopes on your WeChat group.

Chinese people give red envelope (hongbao, 红包) with money to their younger children and co-workers as a wish for good luck in the new year. Nowadays, Chinese people give hongbao using WeChat and Alipay, and it’s also the best time for Chinese companies to run on hongbao marketing bringing the term ‘hongbao wars‘.

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