Netizens bunch together to help banana growers

By Guo Yali and Huang Yiming | China Daily | Updated: 2011-07-16 07:56

Farmers in Huangzhu village in Dengmai county of Hainan province stack bunches of bananas on Wednesday. Taobao and supermarkets have launched a campaign to help the farmers. Huang Yiming / China Daily

BEIJING / Haikou - Though they knew it was a buy-one-get-one-free deal, Chen Guo and her colleague, who each paid 6.8 yuan ($1) for a bunch of bananas on the group-buying platform of taobao.com, still felt surprised when they were given a whole box of bananas.