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Whitman said that the company is looking at markets in Hong Kong, Singapore and mainland China and, although no decision has been made, these countries are key to eBay's strategy.

The move into China depends on the size and culture of the market and the percentage of Chinese people that are online, she said.

eBay is one of the few profitable dotcoms and is one of the most visited e-commerce sites on the internet, with 30m users.