The National Museum of China, which houses the richest collection of Chinese cultural relics, has long been a top attraction for domestic and overseas tourists. But, to the detriment of foreign visitors, they must pre-book by choosing a time slot and registering their information through the museum's Chinese-language "mini-programme" - an application that functions within the WeChat super app. This and other similar systems were developed during the Covid-19 pandemic when there were no internati