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WHEN Zhang Dayi was called to the stage at Alibaba's Global Netrepreneur Conference in Hangzhou on Tuesday, it was clear to the audience that she was a different breed of speaker.
As she sauntered onstage in a modish black dress, she held up a smartphone using a selfie stick and said "hi" to her fans - but these fans were not physically at the conference; they were watching her through a live-streaming mobile app.
Ever the media-savvy personality, Ms Zhang made sure to pan her smartphone camera over to Alibaba founder Jack Ma, who was in the front row of the audience, right before she took her seat onstage. The gesture delighted her fans, even if it lasted only a second.
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