On a rainy weekend this month 10, 000 businessmen, hobby traders and "netheads" gathered in Hangzhou, a pretty Chinese city near Shanghai, to talk about e-commerce.

就在本月一个阴雨绵绵的周末，10,000名商人，“业余”生意人和“网虫”聚集在杭州，靠近上海的一个美丽的城市，探讨着电子商务的问题。

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ON A rainy weekend this month 10,000 businessmen, hobby traders and “netheads” gathered in Hangzhou, a pretty Chinese city near Shanghai, to talk about e-commerce.

就在本月一个阴雨绵绵的周末，10,000名商人，收藏品交易者和“网虫”聚集在杭州，这个靠近上海的一个美丽的城市，探讨着有关电子商务的问题。

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People are overwhelmingly e-mailing others in the same city, rather than those far away.

绝大多数给同城的人，而不是远处的人发电邮。

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