This summer Japan Airlines began installing NFC equipment at its major hubs in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Okinawa, becoming the first airline globally to enable smart phones with NFC chips to act as boarding passes for passengers flying domestically, relieving travellers of the need to fumble with an airline app or the relevant email to find the barcode currently used on mobile boarding passes.

BBC: Seven innovations in air travel

Any company, Chinese or otherwise, that gains a large share of the China market for its products or technology, will have the scale necessary to enable it to become a globally dominant player.

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