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Re:China says rejecting physical cash is illegal amid e-paym... by walrus01 on Monday December 10, 2018 @02:14AM (#18645873)
I'm actually kind of surprised, given the Chinese government's "social control" surveillance ability which is enabled by Alipay and Wechat payments.

reference: http://harvardpolitics.com/world/wechat-the-people-technolog...

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Re:China says rejecting physical cash is illegal amid e-paym... by blazespin on Monday December 10, 2018 @02:51AM (#18646030)
Yeah, no kidding. Autocratic government against demonetization? Something seems weird about this.
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