In China, Shoppers Buy Bad Loans Online with Their Groceries
Among the sneakers, diapers, and pet food for sale on Taobao, China’s biggest e-commerce platform, is a listing that may take up a little more space in the online shopping basket.
Alibaba Predicts Strong Sales in a Sign of Strength from China
The Alibaba Group signaled on Thursday that for all the global worries about China’s rising debt and bloated state industries, its economy still enjoys a strong pillar of support: online shoppers.
China’s Strength and Its Shopping Lift Alibaba’s Results
Jack Ma, Alibaba’s founder, will host a conference in Detroit next month to help small businesses learn about the company.
Books
05.02.17
China’s Mobile Economy
China’s Mobile Economy: Opportunities in the Largest and Fastest Information Consumption Boom is a cutting-edge text that spotlights the digital transformation in China. Organized into three major areas of the digital economy within China, this ground-breaking book explores the surge in e-commerce of consumer goods, the way in which multi-screen and mobile Internet use has increased in popularity, and the cultural emphasis on the mobile Internet as a source of lifestyle- and entertainment-based content.
Media
05.31.16
Will China’s ‘Taobao Villages’ Spur a Rural Revolution?
from chinadialogueThe province of Shanxi, in northern China, is famous for coal mining...
Chinese Courts Are Selling Seized Assets on Alibaba’s Taobao
Ever wonder what it's like to live large like a corrupt Chinese businessman or official? This is your chance.
Alibaba Works Magic for China's Taobao 'Treasure Hunters'
Alibaba's eBay-like marketplace Taobao allows budding entrepreneurs to set up and run an online store, for free. The site has steven million sellers offering hundreds of millions of items.
Buffett-Style Dinner Auctions Lure Chinese Seeking Just Society
Proceeds from a Taobao store go to support human rights activists and the families of jailed political dissidents. The site’s following means a growing number of Chinese are willing to take small actions that together pose a challenge to...
Jack Ma Is the Loneliest Billionaire in China
It’s been a rough 18 months for Chinese Internet tycoon Jack Ma, founder and chairman of the Alibaba Group, a sprawling conglomerate of Web companies. Early in 2011 a fraud scandal hit his business-to-business e-commerce site, Alibaba.com. At...