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Do you use WeChat payment or Alipay to buy things? Now, you have one more choice—Apple Pay. Apple Pay came to China on Feb 18, making China the fifth country to have this service. Apple products, like the iPhone 6 and certain iPads and Apple Watches, support this service.

The customers of 19 Chinese banks will be able to link their bank cards to Apple Pay. When they buy things, they just need to place their iPhone in front fo the POS machine and put their fingers on the iPhone.

Some users like Apple Pay, saying it’s faster than WeChat Payment and Alipay. But others don’t like it, because not all Apple products and not many stores support the service.

Last year, did you find that you kept using words like memeda (a phrase to show cuteness and love) and xiaoxianrou (meaning “young and pretty men”)? If yes, you are not alone. The two words were so pupular that they were included in 2015’s “most popular cyber words and phrases” lists in China.

Most of the words and phrases seem funny and playful, but they also show lifestyles changes. The term duoshoudang（meaning “shopping addicts (成瘾者）”) is a good example. Meanwhile, xiaosibaobaole (meaning “you scared the pants off me”) is also used for fun.

 The opening of Shanghai’s new Disneyland Park has been highly expected since construction began in April 2008. Shanghai Disneyland is the sixth Disneyland Park in the world, and the first one on the Chinese mainland（大陆）. It will be finished in June 2016. When it opens, the park will have the biggest castle（城堡）of any Disneyland and one of the largest lakes, too. There are also new special attractions, especially for Chinese visitors. One fo these will be the zodiac（黄道十二宫图）character garden. A Disney character will represent each of the zodiac characters.