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While Amazon.com (AMZN) waits to get permission from the U.S. government to test delivery drones, its counterpart in China has beaten it to the air. Alibaba’s (BABA) major online marketplace, Taobao, has partnered with the Shanghai YTO Express delivery service to run a three-day test program. Taobao plans to deliver by drone a brand of ginger tea to 450 customers from Wednesday through Friday this week, Tech In Asia reported. The ginger tea is used to treat menstrual cramps. Customers must live within a certain radius of distribution sites in Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai, Tech In Asia said. The packages will be delivered within an hour, Taobao said. A video on the Taobao website shows a small quadcopter making a delivery to an online customer. Amazon first revealed its drone delivery aspirations on Black Friday 2013. It’s testing unmanned aerial vehicles for the delivery of goods… Scalper1 News
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