Cassandra

Scotland UK

Business & Systems Analyst

Perhaps the point is this is a non-story, persons use an e-card to pay for things and as ID to access places. Worth the airfare to China? Hardly, exceptig the propaganda value.
It is a puff to raise profile and help us to forget human rights issues - 'look how advanced our technology is and how happy our citzens are to use it.'
In the west personal data is private unless obtained by warrant - in China what protection from state snooping, what controls, checks or balances are there? As Richard said - you could have taken these pictures in London - or Scotland where schoolchildren were all issued with a 'One' card - but here it is on a consensus use basis.