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Small town makes big waves in e-commerce live streaming

Video grab of the Changshu Garments Town in Changshu, east China's Jiangsu Province. [Xinhua/Li Guangzheng]

Sellers at a clothing distribution center in the eastern Chinese city of Changshu garner a daily turnover of about 400 million yuan (around 60 million U.S. dollars), just through talking to their phone screens.

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