My last visit to China in 2019 felt like stepping into the future: You can do anything using apps, even buy a bottle of soda at a vending machine or pay for veg

My last visit to China in 2019 felt like stepping into the future: You can do anything using apps, even buy a bottle of soda at a vending machine or pay for vegetables from a street vendor. I wouldn't call that lower quality, quite the contrary actually in terms of ubiquity and functionality. Of course most people in the west wouldn't know that as the Chinese service providers do not expand as much overseas, but they're on a whole other level there in terms of technological adoption.