Originally Posted by
LASNRT
I've heard stories of people who say places "only" took WeChat/Alipay, and wouldn't take cash, but I've never encountered this myself. Again, I'm no China expert, and stick to larger cities.
I tried to pay with cash at a FamilyMart in Shanghai yesterday, and both the (young) cashier, and the people behind me in line seemed quite irritated...so I ended up using Alipay.