In June - a report by The China Internet Network Information Center showed that the number of Internet users in the country had climbed to 420 million - a staggering 36 million more than just six months earlier. This increase also- unsurprisingly- coincides with a surge in online shops and shoppers. BON’s Kelda Yuen has more on China’s online shopping craze and the companies that are cashing in on this booming market.
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Now train travel is a vital means of transportation in China. As the economy develops, more people are taking trips and visiting far-away provinces. A record one-point-six billion passengers are expected to travel by train in 2010.
The financial crisis might have hurt some industries, but China's railway industry is definitely not one of them. The country's economic stimulus plan poured billions of dollars into the network last year…88 billion, to be exact. That's the largest investment China has ever injected into the industry in a single year.