Chi Qiang

Netizen

If most young people refuse to join the real economy, it really is a “hidden risk.” A city cannot get prosperous without busy shopping malls and streets. The government can also provide better services with growing tax revenues from booming businesses. However, in the era of ecommerce, rising rent and labor forces make it extremely difficult for offline stores to survive. It was reported that many famous department stores closed operation in some cities due to the squeeze of e-commerce.

One risk of shopping online is to get products of inferior quality as products can only be judged from pictures shown in online shops and other buyers’ comments, which sometimes are false. The anonymity of selling commodities online is actually indulging makers of these fake goods, eventually leading to jeopardize China’s efforts in promoting the “made-in-china” image and upgrading manufacturing.