“According to CNNIC’s latest China’s internet development report, China’s microblog users have reached an estimated 250 million. However both Sina and Tencent has claimed that their registered user base exceeded 250 million early on in 2011.”

““They could hire 3,000 people overnight,” said Jennifer Rigoni, who was Apple’s worldwide supply demand manager until 2010, but declined to discuss specifics of her work. “What U.S. plant can find 3,000 people overnight and convince them to live in dorms?””

“Tmall today announced that it’s rolling in cash, having hit 100 billion RMB (US$15.84 billion) in sold items on the site in 2011 – a figure 3.5 times greater than it achieved in 2010.”