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I don't consider signing up for chinese surveillance system with foreign bank accounts an acceptable solution. How about cash?
by spectramax 7y ago
I don't consider signing up for chinese surveillance system with foreign bank accounts an acceptable solution.
How about cash?
- yorwba 7y agoThen pay cash, like every Chinese person who can't afford a phone.
- spectramax 7y agoArticle talks about it, quoting the article: > First it was a shopkeeper at the Great Wall who wouldn't take cash for a bottle of water. > "Ten years ago it was cash for everything. Now it's WeChat for everything," Ms. Sjogren said. "I'm getting used to being a dinosaur in China." > Foreigners aren't the only ones bewildered by China's fast transition to a cashless society. "I can't even eat!" said Gong Cheng, a 61-year-old retired Shenzhen auto mechanic, who has resorted to asking strangers to pay for his takeout noodles and then giving them money. > A few weeks later, Mr. Copley, 25, was stranded outside a bar at 4 a.m. He finally begged a Chinese couple to call him a taxi on a local ride-hailing app and repaid them in cash for the fare. See how difficult it is? Perhaps in rural areas, it is easier. But in the cities, everyone has a phone. And, everyone needs WeChat.
- yorwba 7y ago> Gong Cheng, a 61-year-old retired Shenzhen auto mechanic Lives in a city and doesn't seem to have a phone; at least he doesn't have access to mobile payments. Note that what he can't pay for with cash are takeout noodles, the kind you order online. I bet he pays cash for everything else. Even in the cities, not everyone has a phone, simply because not everyone can afford one. The less pricey something is, the more likely you'll be able to pay with cash.
- taobility 7y agowhy would you use Credit Card, smart phone, or even internet though?