China to bid farewell to year of Sheep, braces for Monkey yearAccording to the zodiac, people born during the Year of the Monkey are smart, lively and playful contrary to the outgoing year of the sheep.
09 Jan, 2016, 02.56 PM IST
Online boom for condoms and sportswear amid smog in ChinaChina's capital registered a boom in online orders for condoms and sportswear rather than masks and air purifiers, state media reported.
09 Dec, 2015, 01.20 PM IST
Mobile gadgets overtake PCs in China's online retail salesShare of mobile sales in online sales nationwide gained 3.2 percentage points from the first quarter this year to 50.8 per cent in the seco...
28 Nov, 2015, 11.20 AM IST
E-commerce rakes up $ 2.68 tn in China despite slowdownChina's e-commerce raked up a whopping USD 2.68 trillion in 2014, registering a 59.4 per cent jump from the year before despite a slowdown ...
03 Aug, 2015, 03.02 PM IST
Internet, e-commerce boosting Chinese farmers incomesInternet aided by e-commerce is boosting income of Chinese farmers and helping in turning the backward agricultural sector into a lucrative...
02 Aug, 2015, 03.42 PM IST
Inspired by Alibaba and its Indian clones, Tata Group to get into e-commerce spaceThe initiative will be led by Tata Industries Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of Tata Sons, and not by its existing retail units.
24 Sep, 2014, 06.55 AM IST
Alibaba ties up with China Post to strengthen its logisticsThe two cos will share warehouses, processing centres to build a smart logistics network providing easier, faster delivery services to onli...
13 Jun, 2014, 05.50 PM IST
20 years on, Internet transforms Communist ChinaProving prophets of collapse in China wrong, Internet which entered the Communist nation two decades ago has transformed lives of over 600 ...
20 Apr, 2014, 07.39 PM IST
China has 3.51 million websites: ReportThere were 3.51 million websites in China last year, a huge increase since the first website two decades ago.
23 Mar, 2014, 04.11 PM IST
Ikea's imminent entry stirs up furniture sectorAction is hotting up in the organised furniture market ahead of the entry of the world's largest furniture maker, Ikea.
22 Aug, 2012, 08.05 AM IST
- One-third of China's population hooked to Internet: Report
One-third of China's population were using the Internet at the end of 2010, taking the total number of people with net connections to 457 m...
19 Jan, 2011, 10.11 PM IST
- Paypal to help set up e-commerce hub in China mega-city
US online payment service Paypal has agreed to help set up an international e-commerce hub in southwestern China as more foreign companies ...
29 Dec, 2010, 10.40 AM IST
- Microsoft, China's Alibaba test new search service
Microsoft Corp. and Alibaba Group, China's biggest e-commerce site, are testing a search service, adding a new competitor to a crowded Chin...
13 Oct, 2010, 02.57 PM IST
- China's iPad look-alikes brace for the real thing
Apple's iPad won rave early reviews but its US launch is not good news for Chinese maker of similar-looking device. Apple iPad | Apple's iP...
03 Apr, 2010, 12.45 PM IST
- PayPal to tie up with Chinese partner
China's top provider of electronic payment services will tie up with online payment platform PayPal, the two companies said, in a move that...
18 Mar, 2010, 03.11 PM IST
- Chinese don't wait for Apple launch to get iPhone
Chinese are tapping friends and relatives travelling abroad to bring back electronic devices that are unavailable in China and not awaiting...
07 Sep, 2008, 09.21 AM IST
- Online shopping nearly doubled in China in 2007
Online shopping in China topped 59.4 billion yuan last year, the media reported on Tuesday, up more than 90 per cent from a year ago.
22 Jan, 2008, 04.25 PM IST