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It's just "who doesn't have WeChat?" mindset and laziness to offer a different method of payment that makes it not easy to live without it. I was in China in S
by netsharc 3y ago
It's just "who doesn't have WeChat?" mindset and laziness to offer a different method of payment that makes it not easy to live without it.
I was in China in Sept 2019 (what good timing..) and without WeChat I did feel if people thought I was from some remote remote village. I saw an old lady who had a rickety old cart with coals and a big pot, inside the pot were warm corn she was selling, and on the cart was a QR code to pay her with WeChat/AliPay.
- lost_tourist 3y agoThe CCP rules as much through soft power as through hard power (threat of being disappeared/jailed), WeChat is just another tool in their tool box. I don't think they are twisty mustache cartoon villains, but the CCP definitely are belligerent to anyone feeling personal liberty from the government beyond what they allow, and knowing you are always being watched is part of that.
- netsharc 3y agoI think the topic of conversation was how some businesses don't offer payment options beyond WeChat/AliPay.. maybe the CCP talked to these businesses? But it seems the more logical answer is the businesses thinking "Who the hell doesn't have WeChat?"