TWCC36 - Why to Avoid China Post and How to Buy Stuff Online, Episode 36

We’re back for another episode of Two White Chicks in China!

Our question this week comes from Caihao, who’s our newest fan, and says ‘Hello Hollie and Nora, I’d really like to know your comments about China’s POST service. Do you girls have difficulties sending or receiving packages and mail? What are your suggestions? And I am curious about how foreigners use e-shopping such as Taobao, Tianmao, Alipay, etc.’

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In This Episode We Talk About…

Comments and apologies (yes, we’ve been gone for ages)

Some of projects, including the WCC Contest, and our partnership with Loqu8.

Our fact of the week is on Single’s Day (双十一) last week, an Entrepreneur tried to sell Vietnamese brides on Taobao!

Our question from Caihao

Using China Post

How much we love privatized delivery services.

Those cool new parcel lockers.

Our love affair with Taobao.

How difficult it is to set up an account.

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Our Chinese words of the week are ‘快递‘ (kuài dì) which means ‘express delivery’.

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Episode Length 48:53

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