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Global BusinessOnline Shopping in Rural ChinaHow is internet shopping changing rural villages in China?

Online Shopping in Rural China

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Watermelons and rice wine

Lou Yun Zhi grows watermelons and makes rice wine to try and make ends meet.

  • Abandoned Chinese rural village
  • Lou Yun Zhi
  • Watermelons and rice wine
  • The youngest person here is fifty
  • China’s number one ecommerce village
  • Online shopping hub
  • Dusk each day is packing time
  • A title from the Premier of China
  • Big changes here
  • Mao Shengping
  • Installing the internet
  • Mountain Tea
  • Jing Tan Children

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    How is internet shopping changing rural villages in China?

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