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By Xinhua writers Zhang Yao Camiseta Paulo Dybala Mundial 2018 , Cheng Yunjie
HANGZHOU, Sept 25 (Xinhua)-- A video clip of Kobe Bryant trying to learn Chinese Internet slang has had hundreds of thousands of hits in the last two months.
The NBA star told Xinhua that he was learning Chinese to understand comments left by customers at his new Taobao store Kobe Inc. on Alibaba.
Bryant is just one of many overseas celebrities starting online businesses in China. Alibaba, the world's biggest shopping portal, has recruited some 100,000 celebrities to promote products for some of its 10 million vendors across its two main sites, Taobao and TMall.
Calling his Taobao store "only a beginning," Bryant has plans for another store on TMALL. In the video, Bryant explains he intends not just to see his branded products, but to share his philosophy and stories to inspire people and make the world a better place.
"There are so many people starting e-commerce businesses and the competition is intense," he said. "My team and I look at our sales figures every day, and so far, I can tell you, doing business in China is much easier than learning Chinese!"
In 2014, when Bryant was drawing up his business plan, he identified China as one place where he wanted to do well. He describes partnership between Kobe Inc. and Alibaba as a new and exciting chapter that will bring him closer to his millions of Chinese fans.
IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE
In June, Alibaba predicted that by 2020, China would be doing more business-to-customer deals than any other country.
Over the past year, American products have become much more widely available to Chinese competitors. Macy's, Costco, Apple and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals have set up shops with China's domestic e-commerce experts.
Amazon, one of online retail's genuine heavyweights, opened a store on TMall in March. At the time, the two were seen as rivals. Questions were asked about how and whether they planned to cooperate. Once upon a time, Amazon dealt almost exclusively in books, but the business has diversified and now offers over 1,000 of other products, including footwear, beverages, kitchenware and toys. The latest development saw Amazon offer fresh America farm produce online.
Niu Yinghua, vice president of Amazon China, expects the TMall store to increase sales of international products.
"American companies are usually very specialized. They see the potential of the Chinese market but look to partners like Alibaba for local knowledge and expertise. Even competitors can learn from one another and profit together," said Wu Qian.
According to Wu, one of Alibaba' s priorities is to help small and medium-sized U.S. companies exploit the Chinese market.
Cross-border e-commerce epitomizes the enormous potential of Sino-US cooperation. Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, and now one of China's richest men, knows what it takes for foreign small and medium-sized companies to tap China's potential.
"What Alibaba wants to do is to connect small players from the West with the giant market in the East," he said.
PEACE IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS
Talking to the Wall Street Journal recently, President Xi Jinping extolled the virtues of Sino-U.S. cooperation, describing their commercial interests as "closely connected." Better Sino-U.S. relations, Xi said, are not only good the people of both countries, but are good for regional and global peace and stability.
When a relationship with a wife or girlfriend feels as if it is falling apart, it most likely is falling apart and this is the time to stop and take an honest assessment. Listening to our inner feelings is essential in every type of relationship because feelings are an armor of protection. Feelings cause us to question life and often our failure to succeed directly relates to those feelings or gut warnings we ignore.
Feelings are red flags, they are warnings, which save us from mistakes when we pay attention and deal with them. This is not always a simple task and sometimes it causes emotional pain, which is often the basic reason we refuse to face our feelings and try to ignore them. We do not want to experience feelings of pain, but the road to renewed joy in a relationship lies in our willingness to experience pain.
We can never experience the feelings of joy, which come with pain relief, if we refuse to make the effort to learn the cause of the pain. Taking the wrong medication or no medication does not take away the pain. People who suffer from migraine headaches learn to recognize the signs at the onset of what can become a debilitating headache. In a relationship, we must begin to recognize the signs and symptoms of the heartache, which can come when we fail to respond to feelings of discomfort in a relationship. Only by being willing to stop, look and listen to our inner self, can we prevent an exacerbation of a crack in a relationship.
Feelings are similar to a leaky faucet, which if we do not take the time to fix or seek help from someone who can fix the leak it will get much worse. In the end, the leaking faucet can cause us an unexpected and much larger expense, than if we had responded to the faucet when we first noticed the leak. This all seems perhaps unrelated to loosing a wife or girlfriend, but it is a simple reality, many people train themselves to ignore their inner feelings, which cause discomfort, and attempt to ignore these feeling hoping they will go away.
Unresolved inner conflict, which is what negative feelings are, will never go away unless we give them the attention they demand. Sometimes we are simply being paranoid, but most of the time the feelings are legitimate and there is a justifiable reason for them. Most of the time, we need to adjust our thought process. Rarely do these feelings come from the actions or lack of action on the part of another. |
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