Billionaire Jack Ma, Alibaba Group founder and executive chairman, talks about his unusual entrepreneurial beginnings at Stanford University on May 4, 2013.
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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.
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.
Despite China’s slowing economy, U.S. exports to the PRC grew 6.5 percent last year to nearly $109 billion.
The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) recently released its annual report on the state of the country’s e-commerce industry for 2012. Amongst all the data, there's chart-worthy evidence that Chinese online shoppers have wanderlust.
A handful of adventurous small businesses are selling their products to China's rising consumer class.
Juhuasuan Overseas debuts as the e-commerce giant cautiously expands its global reach among Chinese speakers.
In a front-of-the-book editorial and a three-page feature, the magazine's writers ask: Could a Chinese Internet business become the world's most valuable company?