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   Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Saturday, 29-Jun-2024 05:58:01 JST Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢

   Here's an ironic thing about the #Philippines.

   The number one tourist and migration in the country are South Koreans. But no store accepts Korean wallets.

   There's a huge gap to the second, mainland Chinese, yet WeChat Pay is accepted in many stores.

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     Jiko Rojino (jikodesu@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 29-Jun-2024 18:45:58 JST Jiko Rojino

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     @gcvsa @youronlyone

     The PH's top e-wallet GCash is partly owned by Alibaba while Maya is partly owned by Tencent. That could partly explain the ubiquity of WeChat Pay and Alipay in the country

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     gcvsa ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 (gcvsa@mstdn.plus)'s status on Saturday, 29-Jun-2024 18:45:59 JST gcvsa ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭

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     @youronlyone Likely because China is investing in that.

     Like, in the US, you can't throw a rock without hitting a Thai restaurant, because the Thai government has spend 40 years investing in establishing Thai restaurants in the US.

     My small town has three Thai restaurants.

     There are over ten times as many FilAms in America, but finding a Filipino restaurant is very rare, even though Filipino cuisine has been hyped in recent years in the US.

     Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢 repeated this.
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     Jepoy Bengero (jepoy@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 29-Jun-2024 18:46:07 JST Jepoy Bengero

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     @youronlyone There are a lot of mainland Chinese in the Philippines today compared to Koreans. You can see them mainlanders everywhere... POGO scammers, fake town mayors, CCP spies, and a few tourists 😂

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     Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Saturday, 29-Jun-2024 18:46:25 JST Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢

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     @jepoy Hahaha, true that. POGO, spies, fake mayors. ^_^

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     Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Saturday, 29-Jun-2024 18:47:16 JST Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢

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     • gcvsa ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭

     @jikodesu @gcvsa Ooh. Wow. I had no idea until now GCash and Maya are partly owned by mainland China companies. O_O