Sales during China’s online shopping festival, Singles’ Day, slowed this year as bargain hunters opted for more affordable ...

China's largest online sales festival, dubbed Singles' Day, is getting longer as retailers try to entice frugal shoppers to ...

E-commerce platforms attach A4-sized labels on items after ‘sheep shearing’ customers wear clothes once before returning them ...

Alice Zhang, a 29-year-old marketer in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, spent only roughly half what she did last year during the "Singles' Day" online shopping festival, switching to cheaper ...

China’s market regulator has moved to tackle the hidden risks of algorithm-driven price manipulation with newly proposed anti ...

China's Singles Day online sales campaigns face headwinds from slower economic growth. November 11 has become associated with singles because the date has four ones.

A staff member sorts parcels at a branch of China Post in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 10, 2025.

This November, China’s online shoppers came up with the term “尾款人,” a self-deprecating name referring to those who still have to pay the balances on purchased items come November. The slang is related ...

In ancient China, officials accused of wrongdoing would go to trial in secret. This secrecy was important because, even if the officials were found to be guilty, a public trial would damage their ...