Welcome to China’s “15-minute cities”

Mario Nawfal

@MarioNawfal
🚨🇨🇳CHINESE 15-MINUTE CITIES: CONVENIENCE OR CONTROL?

Welcome to China’s “15-minute cities,” where the future of convenience meets the ultimate nanny state.

Want to leave your neighborhood? Better flash your digital ID, complete with facial recognition, at the gate.

Forget your ID?

Guess you’re stuck wondering if your 15-minute radius includes a decent coffee shop.

Is your family visiting? They need government permit first.

During Covid, things got even cozier.

If your vaccine passport expired, the gate wouldn’t let you out—or back in. Imagine being locked out of your own home because of an app.

Source:
@songpinganq
, DW