The Chinese e-commerce platform Taobao is now available in English for Hong Kongers in the latest version of the app.

Taobao launched a new live-streaming service on Wednesday that features business executives looking to promote their companies through a format that has become a staple of online shopping in China.

As part of a push to expand into overseas markets, Taobao has been revamping its model to make its vision of online shopping as seamless as possible. This began in August last year with a roll-out ...

Taobao aims to make global shopping easier by providing detailed ... including debit/credit cards, e-wallets, online banking, and credit card instalments, making transactions easy and convenient.

Its switch to progressive online business has been impressively swift. One reason was the success of a hometown boy, Xu Zhuangbing. Mr Xu, now 27, started a successful shop on Taobao in 2011 ...

For many people, selling knickknacks online is a hobby ... China has created more than 1,000 "Taobao villages" within the last decade. These villages are so-named because residents sell everything ...

Merchants on Alibaba's Chinese online shopping platforms ... very sensitive to images of products promoted by human models on Taobao, which means that images perceived as too embellished could ...

The gift card could only be shared via Taobao, whereas under the new system it can be sent to any online shopping or social platform, including WeChat.