Men become e-shopaholics

Online Chinese shoppers spent RMB 16.2b in the first half of 2008, the China Internet Network Information Center said Monday. More than half of the total came from male consumers, while RMB 3.1b was attributed to students. The findings were based on a survey carried out in 4 municipalities and 15 developed cities such as Changchun, Dalian, Nanjing and Hangzhou.