China celebrates Singles Day

A sales event created by China’s Alibaba 11 years ago is now celebrated as a national holiday. Singles Day, which takes place on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, starts with a big television event. And as The World’s Rebecca Kanthor tells host Marco Werman, it’s followed by a 24-hour online shopping spree.

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