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originally posted by: Pyle
So we are trading Amazon for the knock off Chinese version? Why am I not surprised.
originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: charlyv
They already do sell directly to the consumer. This is why 80% of certain items are shipped from China and it takes a month to get the products.
sounds like a pipe dream beyond wine and food and that's already happening without Alibaba.
More than 40 percent of China’s existing arable land has been degraded by pollution, acidification, and reduced fertility, China’s official news agency, Xinhua, reported in 2014.