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Topic 1-Alibaba on Way to Becoming Top Retailer²

 

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has announced that its total trading volume in the current fiscal³ year has exceeded 3 trillion yuan ($463.3 billion), and is expected to soon surpass Wal-Mart as the world's largest retail¹ platform. Why is online retailing⁴ so successful?

 

Topic 2-Beauty Business Tilts⁵ from West to East

 

A UK research report suggests that an increasing number of Chinese consumers of foreign cosmetic⁶ products are switching to South Korean and Japanese brands from French and US labels. Why is it that for Chinese consumers, the beauty business is tilting⁷ from the West to the East?

 

Topic 3-Chinese Tiger Parents

 

Recently, another tiger mom has made waves online by sharing her son's study schedule: as the 9-year-old gets up at 5am and doesn't rest until 11pm.

 

Why do Chinese parents prefer such strict way of bringing up their children? Is it really a good way of raising a kid?

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