There is nothing to do with government. As someone shopping online almost everyday in China, I can tell you taobao.com, jd.com are far more better than amazon.com on every aspect. In JD.com if you place your order before 10 am most of the time you get delivery same day or the next day. In taobao you have way more stuff than in Amazon, you can find a live person to answer your question instantly. Amazon is like something from 5 years ago or even older. You have to send a email for customer service, it's unacceptable, the web design, the functionality are so dated compare to it's competitor. So no one use it here.