And now we're one step closer...
"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."
-Revelation 13:16-17 (KJV)
I had an entire article about that very issue, and how China seems chillingly close to it, especially with the way WeChat Wallet is being pushed as a "superior alternative" to cash and the way Xi isn't even hiding his delusions of literal godhood. The only difference is that China is at least four generations away from having the power to make their system global, contrary to all the Western Hype about their "imminent rise."