Amazon program set to make shopping day the next big thing

The Chinese don't really celebrate Thanksgiving Day, the US public holiday.

But Amazon.com Inc plans to make Black Friday, the US shopping season starting immediately after Thanksgiving, a big thing in China by offering online shoppers free cross-border shipping.

In October, Amazon launched its membership program in China in an attempt to use a tailor-made free cross-border shipping service to lure the rising number of Chinese who seek for high-quality products from overseas.