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Taiwan gives e-commerce site Taobao six months to re-register or leave
Taiwan gave e-commerce site Taobao Taiwan six months to re-register as Chinese-backed rather than foreign or leave the island. Read more…
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Taobao leverages livestreaming to boost rural development
Taobao is leveraging its livestreaming technology to help incubate 1,000 key opinion leaders in China’s countryside in an effort to boost rural development. Read more…
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Lazada extends Taobao’s reach to Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Online retailer Lazada Group said it will sell select items from Alibaba Group’s Taobao marketplace in three more countries in Southeast Asia, expanding the partnership between the two e-commerce firms. Taobao Collection Read more…
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Taobao becomes the latest target in China’s war on VPNs
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have issued a warning to the country’s top e-commerce platforms, including Alibaba’s Taobao.com, over the sale of illegal virtual private networks that allow users to skirt state censorship controls. Five Read more…