China has become the foremost destination in Asia for foreigners pursuing studies and the number of people doing so continues to rise, said Romchat Jantranugul, the non-degree programme director at a Beijing business university that attracts Thai students.
Mobile payment in China is still growing, especially in rural areas, said Zhu Hong Jun, director of PR Ant Financial Service Group, which operates Alipay, China's most popular online payment platform. "You will be surprised to hear that there is the highest penetration rate of mobile payment in rural areas like Tibet and Mongolia even though they are not as developed as big cities like Hangzhou or Shanghai," Zhu said.
Mobile payments have become so common in China that cash may soon be dethroned as king. The Nation's Jintana Panyaarvudh spends a day in Hangzhou to experience how it has embraced a cashless society. Who doesn't like cash? Our love affair with the stuff is millennia old and still going strong everywhere.Everywhere except for Hangzhou, that is.
Shanghai, the most populous city in the world on the eastern coast of China is home to a unique story that intertwines the histories of two of the world's powerful countries, China and Israel.
For freedom advocates, China may not be a great choice as a destination for education but some Thai students are inspired by some aspects of the country's initiatives, writes The Nation's Jintana Panyaarvudh from Beijing.
