Tibetans jump on the online shopping bandwagon

Friday afternoon was a busy time for 28-year-old Tang Xianlin, a deliveryman in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region.

He had more than 200 parcels to deliver during the day, but his cellphone battery twice ran short of power for him to call recipients.

Following China's biggest online shopping promotion on Nov 11, or 11/11, which marked Singles' Day, a new sales bonanza began on e-commerce platforms on Friday, 12/12, with many shops starting their promotions one or two days earlier.