CHINADAILYClick to follow usTip-tap. Tick-tock. Knock-knock.That's how we shop.A few taps on my phone, a short wait and the goods arrive.I've hardly set foot in a physical store since I set up my phone to enable me to make use of China's vast e-commerce.I've kept a tally and discovered I average around seven deliveries on days I don't leave the house.Three meals, groceries for later, detergent, earphones, water, diapers, towels, sweaters — indeed, all these necessities come to my door on the back of a bike as fast as the delivery man can bring them.That's not to mention such… novelties I guess you could call them, as beer mugs adorned with Asian dragons that flash with multicolor lights, geodes for my daughter to break open and Star Wars-themed socks for my super-fan wife.Basic Western food and drink like coffee and cheese were difficult to find when I first arrived in
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