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By Jim Erickson and Dora Chai | May 8, 2013 | 17:57

In August, 2010, Xie Tingting, then a senior design student at Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, was studying for her civil service exam, preparing for life after college. Becoming a cog...

By Jim Erickson and Teresa Li | May 8, 2013 | 17:51

To buy and sell on Taobao, it helps to have a handle on the jargon. Here are English translations and explanations for the most-used Taobao terms. Qin: A term of endearment usually used by...

By Jim Erickson | May 8, 2013 | 15:48

Taobao, China’s largest and most influential online shopping platform, has passed a few milestones lately, and now it's reached another. On May 10, the website that introduced online shopping to...

By Jim Erickson | Apr 30, 2013 | 5:03

If language is the root of culture, the vast Chinese online shopping marketplace Taobao has some pretty gnarly roots. Over the years, Taobao’s 500 million registered users have developed their own...

By Jim Erickson | Apr 23, 2013 | 17:39

(UPDATED 7:15 P.M.) Alibaba Group, China’s largest e-commerce company, says it is turning up the heat in its fight against counterfeit goods by partnering with five key government and law enforcement...