Agents help foreigners navigate Taobao

Many people around the globe agree China's principal shopping website Taobao is very useful - yet not at all foreigner-friendly.

No problem. Foreigners don't have to actually use Taobao to, well, use Taobao.

One thing the vast variety of Taobao products proves - think deer placenta, vanilla cookies for hermit crabs and helicopters - is supply accompanies demand.