Still believe eBay is where individual consumers can sell to their peers? Then read on. It is already commonly know that eBay is a price gauging mechanism for powersellers. They focus on specific items, by and large avoiding competition among each other, and create well marketed listings. All would be well for these small businesses, […]

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John Wu recently came to speak at one of the events in Silicon Valley, and had a few insights on how Alibaba got to where it is now. It was a long speech–probably a bit overhyped by Chinese-American community–but a few points are worth repeating.

Unlike similar American concepts, Alibaba worked in big part due to […]

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Unlike the blog, this post has little to do with China; yet it serves as a strong reminder that global markets have both advantages and disadvantages. Just like Internet tends to absorb all the mess from around the world, web sites targeting global markets get their own fair share. Perhaps Chinese are indeed wise to […]

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