Chinese shopper sparks buzz after buying flat for US$1.7 during Double 11 shopping festival
Verified: 2 outlets in 2 countries have reported this story since Nov 11.
China’s Double 11 discount frenzy reached surreal heights when a shopper from the east of the country snapped up a flat in the northeast for just 11 yuan (US$1.7). Pioneered by Chinese e-commerce platform Taobao in 2009 as China’s equivalent of Black Friday, the month-long shopping spree ran through mid-November after generating more than 1.6 trillion yuan (US$240 billion) in online gross merchandise value last year. The flat is a two-bedroom, 68-square-metre unit on the seventh floor in...
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- Nov 11, 10:25 AM UTCFirst report· you’re reading thisChinese shopper sparks buzz after buying flat for US$1.7 during Double 11 shopping festivalscmp.com ↗
- Nov 12, 8:47 AM UTC+22 hMan buys 68 sq.m apartment for $1.64 during China's biggest shopping festivale.vnexpress.net ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 8:47 AM UTC · +22 h
[Claude] Both reports cover the same Double 11 purchase of a Hegang flat for 11 yuan by a shopper from eastern China; the figures differ only in rounding (US$1.64 vs US$1.7).
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