If you know Chinese market little bit or you’ve been in Chinese street, you knew the photo above is not a joke. Mobile payment is everywhere. Even street businesses are all supported by mobile payment basically by either Wechat wallet (social network like facebook in China)or Alipay (belongs to Alibaba). Just as the photo above.
After my mom began to use Wechat payment on the phone, I receive “red packet/lucky money”(digital cash from Wechat) instead of “Hello” when she want to have a talk. Isn’t that cool ? 😃 The “red packet” can be divided to 0.01 Yuan and there is no charge when you send money to friend. It goes immediately to your Wechat wallet and you could spend immediately online or in the free market near your home. It happens not only in big city like Beijing or ShanghaiI. It even happens in the villages. I feel deja vu of bitcoin while it is centralized. But does it matter if you live in China and spend money in China? Usual people like it. Because it creates convenience and easy-to-learn. You could get all your purchase done on Wechat.