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While there is still much in the way of debate in the U.S. and the rest of the developed West about the shape of things to come with the mobile and digital payments revolution that remains in nascent stages, on the other side of the world in China, the waiting has ended.The mobile revolution is here.Paper money 鈥斅燭he New York Times聽writer Paul Mozer recently noted in a column 鈥斅爄s seemingly dying a swift and unceremonious death in the Chinese market, as just about everyone seems to be using their smartphone to pay for just about everything. At restaurants, a waiter will ask if you want to use WeChat or Alipay 鈥?the two smartphone payment options 鈥?before bringing up cash as stanley usa a third, remo stanley mug te possibility. And while to American audiences who are perhaps just beginning to warm to the idea of using Apple Pay or PayPal in a physical store, more interesting is that a short three years ago cash was very much still king among Chinese consumers, as card use has always been a somewhat limited phenomenon. From a tech standpoint, this is probably one of the single most important innovations that has happened first in China, and at the moment its only in China, said Richard Lim, managing director of venture capital firm GSR Ventures.Beyond the tech standpoint 鈥斅燼nd even past the stanley termos rather impressive numbers, though 鈥斅爄s a completely different street-level experience in China, noted Mozer. 聽A very short time ago, being a cash customer was just the norm when in a Chinese mainland city. But thes