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China was among the first cultures to use coins and went on to invent paper money, but its next trick may be to abandon both entirely. Chinese stand out for the rapid adoption of payment by handheld devices, mostly mobile phones. Cashless transactions are becoming China’s primary means of payment.
Beijing’s favourite streetside snack, the jianbing savoury pancake, can be bought for 5 Kuai from a hawker who cooks in a tricycle and points diners to a QR code.
From taxis to massages, meals, medical costs, utility bills, supermarket shopping, parking fees, concert, bus tickets and wealth management products: there appear few limits to cashless payment in China.
Cashless systems have also been a boost to China’s increasingly globetrotting citizens. Many shops in southeast Asia offer WeChat or Alipay and European nations often use the service to channel tax refunds to Chinese tourists.
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