China: Richer, more convenient technology, more tightly controlled
- Tram Ho
Technology makes life in China more convenient, easier, richer, but people are more tightly controlled.
Written by Hai Dang
The 30-passenger passenger car attaches 5 cameras at both ends and between cars. The instructor named Trung with the Vietnamese language is very fluent in the microphone: “Now every car in China also has a camera attached. No matter where you go or what you do, people know it all. All movements of passengers on vehicles are monitored. ”
Camera (black) mounted on the ceiling near the passenger car window – Photo: Hai Dang
“Now there are very few police officers on the street, because cameras are everywhere. They just need to sit and watch the camera and if there is any violation, they will be fined immediately, provide proper evidence that they cannot deny it. of Chinese people.
Chinese drivers are given 12 points, the tour guide said. Every time a traffic violation is committed the points will be deducted, if the points are deducted, they will have to retake the test. Failure to overtake a red light or reverse a vehicle on a freeway will be deducted up to 6 points for each violation, twice of these offenses will lose 12 points and may be banned for a license for a certain period of time.
If driving over the speed limit will also be deducted, and the detection of speeding also applies technological measures rather than human intervention.
“Chinese policies are now serious, everyone must abide by them. Because now where he went, he was also discovered. The “two-finger companies” are now reduced, thanks to the government’s investment in installing cameras, “Trung said of stealing cars and streets.
“Now, even if you go astray the police will find it extremely quickly. Just know where he got lost, people will extract the camera, although he appears tiny in the picture can also be enlarged to see the face, then detect his image in the camera around. Quickly find out, ”the man told the story to the guest on the way from Guangzhou to Zhuhai, two cities in Guangdong Province.
Departing when it was very dark, the group was often reminded by the tour guide to get on the bus to go to Zhuhai early 2pm. Because between 2:00 am and 5:00 am, passenger cars are prohibited from running to ensure safety. Regardless of whether the passenger is on the road, by the time of the ban, the vehicle must stop, the driver and the guest sometimes have to sleep on the car.
In the four days of work in Zhuhai and Guangzhou, the first person who reminds guests when stepping on a vehicle must wear a seatbelt. Although sitting in a passenger car, everyone is forced to install a rope, otherwise each guest will be fined hundreds of yuan.
The traffic law in China is very strict, it is only necessary to detect drivers with enamel, even if they have not caused an accident, they will be punished. So in many eating places in Zhuhai there will be a few electric cars, people who drink a lot of alcohol will have to hire a “electric motorbike” to take home, then this motorbike driver will return to drive pay for guests. Rarely anyone dares to drive when drinking a lot of alcohol.
Daily life is digitized
“Chinese people are issued with identity cards. Those who break the law hardly escape because the public transport system is now mostly charged by cards. In addition, there are no hotels for him to stay if there is no ID card, ”Trung explained.
Chinese people’s lives are now digitized daily. Everything revolves around smartphones and applications installed on it.
The tour guide also talks about the classic Chinese story, which has been used by foreigners or passed on to each other: even beggars in this country use smartphones to get customers to transfer money through applications like WeChat.
“Now WeChat can do everything. Calling, texting, paying, transferring money, … everything, ”Trung said. 
Guests use the phone to pay bills at a fashion store – Photo: Hai Dang
At a booth in Guangzhou’s famous pedestrian street, a visitor accessed the WeChat app, opened his QR Code and barcode, the cashier only took less than a second to bring the scanner to read the codes. This and the invoice is paid.
At a tiny fruit stall on this street, PV ICTnews also saw many people holding up their phones, scanning through QR Code posted on kiosks, paying for 2 seconds.
The QR code of the store itself is posted on the wall for convenient payment – Photo: Hai Dang
In both cases, when having to withdraw cash to pay, then wait for the money to change, PV ICTnews feels almost like leaving the ceiling to run a motorbike between Ho Chi Minh City when he is surrounded by a helmet. dangerous.
A Vietnamese guest in the delegation, who is the deputy director of a Chinese-invested company in Vietnam, said it is often advised by friends to pay via WeChat to in many cases, if the quality of the goods is not guaranteed. Complaints to be refunded to the account.
“Vietnam has a lot of motorbikes, right?”, The tour guide asked when the car was on the streets of Zhuhai. “In Zhuhai, motorcycles are banned, Shenzhen even requires taxis and public transport to be electric vehicles.” On Chinese streets, vehicles carrying green numbers – ie electric cars – are getting more and more.
To limit personal vehicles, public vehicles are enhanced. In particular, bicycles are commonly used in Zhuhai. A lot of bikes are built on the street. To use this vehicle, again, people must have an application to unlock the car, very quickly and easily. After that, you can rent a car for only about 1 currency (about VND 3,600), for a few hours of driving, then rebuild on the road.
Bike built at the curb for guests to rent – Photo: Hai Dang
In Shenzhen, the GDP per capita is very high, a person who uses 5-6 phones at the same time is normal. The latest technologies in the world are converging here, ”Trung said in a proud voice.
“That place is rich because the jobs require very high levels of gray matter. Shenzhen no longer only produces things for phones. People now produce even a small component such as a box for aircraft carriers, for spacecraft, which is enough to understand the level and income, ”the instructor said on the microphone.
“China is now much richer. Therefore, the US does not like China, “Trung said. “But the more confronted China is to advertise China,” the instructor reiterated a familiar sentence that closely resembles the statement of Nham Chinh Phi, the founder of Huawei said when public telecommunications products This company is prohibited from use in US government agencies.