Which Happened First?

Launch of Taobao

Launch of Taobao
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Taobao is a Chinese online shopping platform. It is headquartered in Hangzhou and is owned by Alibaba. According to Alexa rank, it was the eighth most-visited website globally in 2021. Taobao.com was registered on April 21, 2003 by Alibaba Cloud Computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. Launch of USA TodaySeptember 15, 1982
  2. Launch of PC World1983
  3. Launch of TEDFebruary 23, 1984
  4. Launch of The Criterion Collection1984
  5. Launch of Taobao (this page)1985
  6. Launch of Men's Health1987

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