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China
Vue d'ensemble de la ville marchande internationale de Yiwu, dans la province du Zhejiang.
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Taobao Villages: Whole Towns Living Off an Online Shop

Taobao villages (淘宝村): how Chinese villages specialised in online selling, the official definition, the case of Dongfeng, and the limits of the model.

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China
Devanture d'une pharmacie de Shanghai Street, à Hong Kong, où s'approvisionnaient les acheteurs personnels.
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Daigou: The Personal Shoppers Who Emptied the Pharmacies

Daigou (代购), China's overseas personal shoppers: why they exist, how infant formula came to be rationed in Hong Kong and Australia, and what the 2019 law changed.

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