Taobao – “exploring treasures” in Chinese – now is a household name in China. Ten years ago, Alibaba wanted to try out the online auction by putting up a Nokia phone online. That phone turned out to be the first item...

IDG News today reported that China’s Ministry of Commerce was deeply unsatisfied with the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) listing of China’s Taobao on the world’s “notorious market” list for piracy and counterfeit offenders. “Since there is no...

2011.11.11 is named the “Super Singles Day” in China as you have to wait another 100 years to see next 11/11/11. I don’t know why this date’s getting so special, but people including couples did celebrate it...

Analysis International releases its research data on Chinese B2C online retail market share in Q1, 2011. It says that in Q1, 2011 the total transaction value of Chinese B2C online retail market has reached rmb 47.07 billions...

Many people in the industry wonder if consumers are willingly to buy products, specially big ticket items, using their mobile phone.  But, I think there is no more doubt. Last Saturday Technode  organised a seminar, called NTalks, in...

Last week, I wrote about express delivery services stopped in China over the Chinese New Year because of not enough capacity.  In fact, there are more problems with China’s logistic industry than a simple lack of hands....

I found out about this personally when I bought some cat food online.  Usually, the delivery boy will come the next day after my order.  But, this time, the pet shop owner said there was no longer...

Taobao is superb, not just because it’s the leading e-commerce site from the market point of view, more importantly, it is changing Chinese life fundamentally. I think we have to admit this. We are going for Taobao...