There’s a new breed of Chinese entrepreneurs that is slowly changing the face of e-commerce in China. And they’re expected to reach a million in China. These are entrepreneurs who use the Internet largely for buying and selling to a world market. They do not hold fancy titles or company designations. They do not maintain expensive office spaces or retail stores in prime commercial areas. They believe in buying cheap and selling low to generate quick cash flows.

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Around 24 million Chinese people are now using online payment processing (this represents almost 22.5% of the population), and online banking is used by over 23%. These figures reflect a 71.7% growth in the 12 months to June 2008.

Online education in China is used by 46.69 million people. The Chinese are looking to access online resources to improve themselves – information marketers take note!

It is hardly surprising that it is the city-dwelling, educated Chinese...