Shopify has teamed up with China’s JD.com in a strategic partnership designed to make it easier for American Shopify merchants to sell to Chinese consumers. The partnership will grant Shopify merchants in the United States (US) access to JD.com’s 550 million active customers in China. As of today, US Shopify merchants will be able to sell their goods in China via JD Marketplace in “as quickly as three to four weeks,” faster than the 12 months Shopify claims it typically takes for foreign brands to begin selling in the country. The partnership will grant Shopify merchants in the US access…