E-shopping taps consumer ease, opportunities--China Economic Net
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Late last month, Zhang Qian, 27, who works as an accountant with an internet company in Yizhuang, a southern suburb of Beijing, picked up her take-out orders without any human interaction from an unmanned four-wheeled delivery vehicle that appeared at the gate of her community, and got first-hand experience of a new era for consumers.
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba reported a worse-than-expected profit drop in the three months ended on December 31, 2021, as the Chinese internet firm struggled to deal with rising competition from rival tech companies in China as well as strengthening regulations on the online sector.