Buying things on Taobao

Buying things on Taobao

Do you know what the biggest online shopping site in China is? It’s not Amazon or eBay! It’s Taobao, or 淘宝网 [táo bǎo wǎng]! “淘 [táo]” here means “to pan” as in “panning for gold”, and “宝 [bǎo]” means “treasure”. So 淘宝 [táo bǎo] means “panning/searching for treasure”. It is operated by the Alibaba Group…