CHINA: Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba commented that e-commerce in China will continue grow rapidly over the next five years during the Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong last week. Ma added that more and more Chinese consumers become online shoppers using their smartphones and other mobile devices.

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