But we passed eBay in China in just two years ... life unexpectedly difficult for Whitman & Co. Ma, 40, is a former English teacher turned Internet pioneer in China, where he started a company ...

it does have a Plan B for China: linking Chinese entrepreneurs and exporters to eBay consumers elsewhere. The strategy is centered on sellers such as Tang Fengyan, 35, who goes by the English name ...

This quote, from founder Jack Ma, has become emblematic of the half-decade battle between eBay and Alibaba ... of Hangzhou, China to befriend foreign tourists and learn English.

This weekend, eBay’s CEO John Donahoe shared the stage with Alibaba’s maverick founder Jack Ma at his annual Alifest conference in Hangzhou, China. Gady Epstein, Forbes Beijing bureau chief ...

This quote, from founder Jack Ma, has become emblematic of the half-decade battle between eBay and Alibaba ... of Hangzhou, China to befriend foreign tourists and learn English.

Chinese search engine Baidu and eBay’s Chinese subsidiary have agreed to expand their cooperation in a bid to stave off growing competition from rival Alibaba.com. Under terms of the agreement ...

Online auction house eBay China said yesterday it will provide free services for cyber shop owners starting today. The move aims to compete with rival taobao.com, a subsidiary of Jack Ma's Alibaba ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Now that EBay's sellers face taxes in the European Union, it is seeking more buyers in a country that has the world's second biggest Internet population -- China.

John Lin, chief technology officer of eBay's Asia Pacific operations, thinks eBays marketplace may yet make a comeback in China. The company, which used to have a domestic Chinese consumer-to ...

He eventually became an English teacher ... so that the company could remain up and running. Meanwhile, eBay's presence in China was growing fast. It had bought a stake in Eachnet, a Chinese ...