Originally Posted by
travelinmanS
It's such a small subset that they don't care. Foreigners with China issued union pay debit or credit cards can use those abroad with no issues.
What's funny is I can use my union pay credit and debit cards abroad but cant use the union pay app abroad to pay for things.
This is true - foreigners can use their physical Union Pay card outside of China, but not Alipay / Wechat to which it's linked.