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Bloomberg/彭博社：
China's Cashless Revolution
By the time Tencent Holdings Ltd. released the social media app WeChat, in 2011, it was clear that QR codes had a lot more potential. WeChat offered users personalized codes that could be used to exchange contact information. When combined with the app's built-in wallet, they could also be used for payments. Sending money through the app has since become a way of life: During this year's Chinese New Year holiday, WeChat users sent 46 billion cash gifts via virtual "red envelopes."
Business Insider/商业内幕：
Analysts: China could become the first cashless society
The Nordic countries are at the cutting edge in the looming transition to cashless societies. In Sweden, less than 2 percent of all transactions are in cash; and Denmark is no less of a poster case in this regard.
But according to a number of analysts, China could become the first country to reach full cashless status with the help of exploding popularity of mobile solutions, reports Xinhua News, referring to an analysis from July 24th.
The New York Times/纽约时报：
In Urban China, Cash Is Rapidly Becoming Obsolete
There is an audacious economic phenomenon happening in China.
Almost everyone in major Chinese cities is using a smartphone to pay for just about everything. At restaurants, a waiter will ask if you want to use WeChat or Alipay — the two smartphone payment options — before bringing up cash as a third, remote possibility.
cashless 无现金的
QR code 二维码
personalize 使个性化
built-in 内置的
way of life 生活方式
Nordic 北欧的
cutting edge 前沿
looming 正在逼近的
in cash 用现金
urban China 中国城市
rural China 中国农村
obsolete 被淘汰的
audacious 大胆的
remote possibility 微乎其微的可能性
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