Yes, every time I visit China, the cash I brought over is getting lesser.
They look at you one kind if pay with cash.

Came back from China yesterday and I cannot imagine my life without e-wallets.

I exchanged RMB 500 cash and only spent RMB 85 cash because my phone had no 4G that time (I was in a high speed rail train).

I have both Alipay and WeChat Pay, both are equally convenient. My friend prefers Alipay because she can earn interest (only for verified Mainlanders). WeChat has its advantage too, for e.g. hawkers by roadside, most of them are normal end users, they prefer WeChat Pay.

My advice? Get both, no regret at all. Don’t bother about credit cards because they don’t accept ours except if you visit first tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai and etc.

My next trip challenge will be, I will only bring RMB 100 cash for whole trip. I haven’t encountered situation where e-wallet payments are not accepted. Even old grandma of 80 years old selling food by roadside accepts WeChat Pay.

Ya... they will look at you and think which century are you from Basically e-wallet like Wechat Pay has replaced cash as the medium of exchange in China... it has every feature of cash and even do the job better... one of the major drawback is the connectivity issue like you said

Wechat Pay just started here and a long way to go.

I only have wechat pay activated.

For my last china trip, i only use cash for hotel deposit, as they dont acccept e-wallet payment; and this one shop that only accepts alipay.

Its really nice to go through the day without needing to reach for your wallet to pay, and the hussle to keep the small notes and coins, even beggar's donation can be done by wechat pay.

I really wish we can go further especially credit cards now have SST, I wish e-wallets business will bloom here.

It depends on three sides to make that happen...government needs to encourage the usage of e wallets and also control the flooded e wallet market, merchants need to adopt e wallets, and consumers like us need to use it.

Anyone here who wishes to see the day that our lovely Malaysia becomes a cashless country, please support and use e wallets (Boost, Wechat Pay, Favepay etc.) more often when the merchant accepts it.

No worries, I use a lot of e-wallets here too.

Which e wallets are you using here?

They don't have small change to give you back, so prefer payment over digital way.

I really wish we can go further especially credit cards now have SST, I wish e-wallets business will bloom here.
Yes, beggars accept WeChat pay.

Buying metro train tickets still require cash. I've encountered twice at train stations where people asking me for money to buy train tickets and they would transfer it back to me via wechat pay. They are so used to not bringing cash out.

Came back from China yesterday and I cannot imagine my life without e-wallets.

I exchanged RMB 500 cash and only spent RMB 85 cash because my phone had no 4G that time (I was in a high speed rail train).

I have both Alipay and WeChat Pay, both are equally convenient. My friend prefers Alipay because she can earn interest (only for verified Mainlanders). WeChat has its advantage too, for e.g. hawkers by roadside, most of them are normal end users, they prefer WeChat Pay.

My advice? Get both, no regret at all. Don’t bother about credit cards because they don’t accept ours except if you visit first tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai and etc.

My next trip challenge will be, I will only bring RMB 100 cash for whole trip. I haven’t encountered situation where e-wallet payments are not accepted. Even old grandma of 80 years old selling food by roadside accepts WeChat Pay.

I am going to Guangzhou again on 8 September 2018. Will bring cash as well. E-wallet is for convenience, but that doesn't mean they don't accept cash.

I went to Beijing during May 2018. Whole trip spending using cash. Ticket to Great Wall, Dynasty Palace, etc all also can buy with cash.

I am going to Guangzhou again on 8 September 2018. Will bring cash as well. E-wallet is for convenience, but that doesn't mean they don't accept cash.

The Communist Party issued a statement last month that merchants refusing to accept cash can be slapped with a hefty fine.

I went to Beijing during May 2018. Whole trip spending using cash. Ticket to Great Wall, Dynasty Palace, etc all also can buy with cash.

I am going to Guangzhou again on 8 September 2018. Will bring cash as well. E-wallet is for convenience, but that doesn't mean they don't accept cash.

How is alipay different from Boost? Do they have this separate terminal like Boost for merchant to scan? Just wondering how is the adoption rate so high

Wow wow, since when did I say they didn't accept cash? Don't misinterpret my post la. I travel to China every year, sometimes few times per year, of course I know how it works there. I was just saying its convenience, without accessing to wallet is a great convenience.
Some use terminals, some just stick QR code on their counter, just scan and pay.

I went to Beijing during May 2018. Whole trip spending using cash. Ticket to Great Wall, Dynasty Palace, etc all also can buy with cash.

I am going to Guangzhou again on 8 September 2018. Will bring cash as well. E-wallet is for convenience, but that doesn't mean they don't accept cash.

The Communist Party issued a statement last month that merchants refusing to accept cash can be slapped with a hefty fine.

Anyway, telcos play a major role to make sure payment by e-wallet works too. I’ve beenin situation where my Digi data wasn’t working and I wasn’t able to pay with FavePay. This happened at Sunway Pyramid’s Mr. Fish and Komugi 

Some use terminals, some just stick QR code on their counter, just scan and pay.

How is alipay different from Boost? Do they have this separate terminal like Boost for merchant to scan? Just wondering how is the adoption rate so high

It's September and Switch Wallet Region still region.

Do I have to wait till "wake me up when September ends'?