According to a survey by giant Alibaba in 2018, the market for the second hand book was booming last year as more Chinese tend to trade or exchange their used books online.

根据巨头阿里巴巴2018年的一项调查，二手书市场在去年蓬勃发展，因为越来越多的中国人倾向于在网上交易或交换他们的二手书。

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The companies may team up to create applications through which Alibaba customers can shop online and complete those transactions through their phones, or do product price comparisons, she said.

她说，两家公司可以合作开发应用程序，供阿里巴巴的客户通过手机上网购物并完成交易，或是进行产品价格比较。

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Alibaba has also outflanked the opposition in online payments.

在在线付款方面，阿里巴巴也有过人之处。

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