Shanghai-based Bailian Group is China's largest retailer by volume, which could be considered as "Wal-Mart of China." (see a related article on China Daily).

Here's some information about grocery retailing in China (IGD.com).

VeriSign Inc has announced that China's largest retailer, Bailian Group Ltd, has developed plans to use VeriSign's RFID technology for the second phase of its RFID pilot program.

via Computer Business Review < RFID Gazette

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Dr. Shin'ichi Konomi has been RFID in Japan's contributor since April of 2004. He received his Ph.D. from Kyoto University, Japan and was a postdoctoral research scientist at Fraunhofer IPSI, Germany. He has been building and testing various ubicomp applications using RFID since 1998. Shin'ichi often collaborated with his colleagues in Japan, co-organizing International Workshops on RFID (2004) and playing a role as a liaison for ALAN-K Project, an international project for introducing a new computer-supported learning environment for Japanese kids (2002). He also writes articles on technology and media arts in Japan for we-make-money-not-art.com.

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