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What began as an impromptu attempt at self-mockery has turned into the world’s largest shopping day. But Singles Day in China, “celebrated” every November 11…
Live-blogging Alibaba’s insane Tmall Double Eleven Gala
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Singles Day: China’s national shopping holiday.
Singles Day wraps up a $25 billion shopping spree
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Opinion: China’s right: Smartphones are a big reason Trump can’t win a trade war
“There’s an asymmetry here that Mr. Trump seems unaware of. Apple can’t build an iPhone without China, but China can build hundreds of millions of devices approaching the iPhone’s quality without Apple’s help,” writes Vlad Savov, responding to an editorial published in the Communist Party mouthpiece Global Times.
News roundup: Would China win a trade war with the U.S.?
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China’s Singles’ Day shopping craze turns into environmental nightmare
As “China recycles less than 20% of packaging waste,” the “1 billion parcels expected to crisscross [the] country in coming weeks may choke landfills.”
Swinging Singles’ Day: Alibaba holiday drives shoppers in China
“Singles’ Day poses something of a quandary for China’s government, which welcomes the shot in the arm to the economy but looks askance at rampant materialism,” The Wall Street Journal reports. Last year’s sales of $14.3 billion in goods far surpassed “the numbers seen on the Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping sprees that follow Thanksgiving in the U.S.,” and this year, the sales are expected to be even higher.
Alibaba posts $1 billion in sales in the first five minutes of the Singles’ Day shopping event
Alibaba enlisted top celebrities, including the Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson, to drum up attention on its 24-hour shopping event of November 11, which may give clues about the health of the Chinese economy.