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Wang Jian Has His Head in the Cloud

The former Microsoft researcher drove Alibaba to create the world's first operating system for smartphones based on cloud computing. Can he compete with Apple, Google and a host of others in the race to build out the mobile Internet?Full story

Lunar New Year Business Blackout

Western companies that use Chinese suppliers are braced for the annual holiday of 100 million Chinese workers, a mass migration that clogs transportation and shuts down factories for a month or more.Full story

China's Export Engine Continues to Sputter

China's export growth is slowing but the nation's factories aren't likely to be hit by a slump as severe as the one following the 2008 U.S. financial crisis, according to a report released this week by Alibaba.com.Full story

With Alibaba's Help, Police in China Bust a Big Online Fraud Ring

Hangzhou police announce the arrests of three dozen Putian City residents following a wide-ranging investigation into a sophisticated group of online scammers.Full story

Is China Ready For Shopping Search?

Alibaba Group is investing RMB1 billion in eTao, a search engine designed as a one-stop tool for comparison shopping. But will consumers, and shopping websites that compete with Alibaba Group companies, embrace the idea?Full story

Report: Chinese E-commerce to Surpass U.S. in Four Years

Online shopping continues to grow so fast in China that the market there will be larger than e-commerce in the U.S. as soon as 2015, according to a report by Boston Consulting Group. But Chinese consumers use the Web in significantly different ways than their peers in developed markets, meaning merchants can't necessarily rely on conventional e-tailing techniques on the mainland.Full story

New Alipay Service Speeds E-Pay

China CITIC Bank has become the latest financial institution to join a unique online payment system that promises to simplify the online transaction process for millions of Chinese Internet users.Full story

Alibaba.com Looks Overseas to Grow Beyond Its China Roots

Some of the favorable winds that drove China's export boom have started to change--and Alibaba.com, the world's largest B2B website, is changing too, by encouraging SMEs in other countries to get into international trade.Full story

China's Online Cowboy Rounds Up Buyers

An on-the-job accident left him paralyzed, but that hasn't stopped Meng Hongwei from saddling up for the cattle trade. His livestock operation and website are demonstrating that even pigs, cows and sheep can be sold via the Internet, if the price is right.Full story

Chinese Brands Ready to Test Overseas Markets

Innovative Chinese companies that are virtually unknown outside the mainland are looking for ways to sell their products overseas without incurring huge marketing and distribution costs. Alibaba.com's new online sales channel, AliExpress Premier, was recently launched to give them that exposure while providing Western consumers with the shopping experience they're accustomed to.Full story

Taobao Split Into Three Companies

Responding to China's rapidly evolving Internet landscape, Taobao, the country's dominant online retailing platform, is reorganizing into three separate companies targeting distinct segments of the e-commerce market.Full story

Group Shopping Website Boom Over?

Groupon's U.S. success inspired thousands of Chinese clones. But the young industry appears headed for a shakeout even as a handful of market leaders are emerging.Full story

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