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China’s 338 Mil Internet Users, Taobao’s Turnover Doubles
August 23rd, 2009 at 1:33 pm » Comments (1)
China had the world's largest population of Internet users at 338 million (25.5% penetration rate) by end June this year, up 13% from 2008. Over the past six months, 40 ...more »Shanghai Leads China’s Internet Retail
February 26th, 2009 at 11:51 am » Comments (0)
Shanghai topped the country's online shopping cities with a total volume of 16.5 billion yuan ($2.41 billion) in 2008, and yearly spending online was 2,200 yuan per capita, according to ...more »China’s Online Shopping in 2008 Leaps 128.5%
February 25th, 2009 at 9:06 pm » Comments (2)
China's online shopping market is thriving as sales surged 128.5% in 2008 to 120 billion yuan (US$17.56 billion), which was 65 times that of the sales volume in 2003, according ...more »China E-commerce Grows 20% in 2008, B2C Set to Soar
January 6th, 2009 at 2:35 pm » Comments (0)
The latest China crackdown on ostensibly Internet porn, or more likely websites with 'questionable content', has put the spotlight once again on the Chinese government's growing concern over the online ...more »Alibaba – Where Open Sesame Is An Universal Language
August 29th, 2008 at 3:48 pm » Comments (0)
Lenovo had a very successful branding campaign at the Beijing Olympics, where 30,000 pieces of its IT equipment were used to support the event. The world's 4th-largest PC-maker has now ...more »Kickstarting China’s Online Retail: Credit Cards And TaoBao
June 27th, 2008 at 1:37 pm » Comments (0)
China is experiencing an explosion in credit card ownership, with the number almost doubling in first quarter 2008 from a year ago, according to the People’s Bank of China. The number ...more »