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China’s 11/11 online shopfest – the country’s equivalent of America’s Cyber Monday – has just finished. It’s been a record-smashing mega-sale on hundreds of e-stores. Here at Alibaba HQ, the

November 11 is the craziest day on the Chinese internet. And that’s saying something. The date has been known as Single’s Day for some time (due to the 11/11 symbolism),

China’s e-shoppers now number over 240 million, who collectively spend an average of $40,000 per second. But the nation’s e-commerce boom is far from hitting its peak. New statistics from

Regular readers will already know that there are now over 200 million Chinese e-commerce shoppers who are spending about $40,000 per second. But with over half a billion people online

Tencent’s (HKG:0700) “QQ” brand might be China’s first household name that emerged from the web – along with its iconic penguin – but the cutesy name has not been much

We recently suggested that China’s biggest e-commerce sales/discounts day could beat America’s Cyber Monday in value – and that’s precisely what happened during yesterday’s “Double Eleven” online shopfest. Indeed, two

Tencent’s huge new B2B2C e-commerce platform is on course to launch in October, according to the Chinese media today. Tencent already has its own online shopping site, Paipai, but with