• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.17-27
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• 2001

The paper at first gives an introduction to e-commerce, recalls the birth and the growth of an e-commerce giant Chinapages.com in the tough environment in the primary stage of the development of e-commerce in China, provides an overview of its e-business scope and its experience in its e-business development, then describes its present favorable and unfavorable e-business e-environment and its challenges in its future development. Finally it concludes that Chinapages' future is bright and promising with China's WTO entry just around the corner, if Chinapages takes advantages of the opportunities and faces the challenges with confidence and aggressiveness in the new era of e-commerce.