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China's 'Lipstick King' influencer Li Jiaqi goes offline after livestream of a 'tank cake' fuels Tiananmen massacre talk
The 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre is heavily censored in China, to the extent that many younger ci…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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Sellers on Taobao, China's Amazon, are hawking shirts emblazoned with the Russian pro-war 'Z' logo
"For victory!" read a review in Chinese from one of the shirt's buyers on the Taobao marketplace, w…
Cheryl Teh
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A top Chinese live-streaming influencer known as Viya was fined roughly $210 million for tax evasion, agency says
The internet celebrity evaded or underpaid taxes totaling 703 million yuan, or $110 million, betwee…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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Chinese shoppers sent in so many preorders for the country's version of Black Friday they crashed online shopping app Taobao
The mass preorder event was held on Taobao on October 20, in the run up to the 11.11 Singles Day Sh…
Cheryl Teh
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Meet China's 'Lipstick King,' an outspoken 28-year-old e-commerce streamer who fans adore and brands fear
Austin Li Jiaqi once went head-to-head in a lipstick selling contest against Alibaba founder Jack M…
Cheryl Teh
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A statue of Trump as Buddha is trending on China's online shopping platform Taobao with the slogan 'make your company great again'
The statue comes in different sizes, and can be purchased for $153. The seller only made 100 of the…
Cheryl Teh
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China's Lipstick King sold an astonishing $1.7 billion in goods in 12 hours - and that was just in a promotion for the country's biggest shopping day
Austin Li Jiaqi, also known as the Lipstick King, made $1.7 billion in sales during a promotion for…
Huileng Tan
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I bought 4 of the cheapest things I could find on Taobao, China's most popular shopping site. Here's the verdict on my haul, which include a pair of Yeezy Foam Runner lookalikes
The author trying on an item from Taobao.Screenshot/Taoabao; Marielle Descalsota/Insider
Marielle Descalsota
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Chinese students have developed a $40 set of lips that couples can use for 'long-distance kissing'
The silicon device, complete with a set of 3D lips, is meant to mimic the pressure, movement, and h…
Aditi Bharade
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A Chinese food blogger was fined $18,500 after cooking and eating a great white shark
The influencer, identified by officials as Jin, and known as Tizi in her videos, shared videos of h…
Joshua Zitser
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'Pacific Rim: Uprising' and 'Kong: Skull Island' star fined $1.1 million for ads touting candies as weight-loss product
In the ads, Jing Tian promoted a fruit and vegetable candy product that claimed to block the body's…
Waiyee Yip
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A Chinese space center found a mysterious jamming device outside its base just weeks before a crewed rocket launch
The jammer can be bought online and has a maximum range of 32 feet, but can still disrupt a satelli…
Matthew Loh
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Thousands of Chinese influencers are rushing to settle their back taxes as the country's top live streamer was forced to pay $210 million in tax fines
Viya, China's top live streamer with more than 120 million followers across platforms, was slapped …
Huileng Tan
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I have always been a Singles' Day shopper, but this year I'm swearing off the livestream sales events because they're anxiety-inducing, overwhelming, and annoying
Last year, I ended up buying items like makeup brushes, anime fan goods, and scrapbooking kits that…
Cheryl Teh
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Round heads are all the rage in China, so some Chinese parents are putting their babies in pricey headgear to make their skulls rounder
Some Chinese parents are investing in head molds and special pillows to ensure that their babies ha…
Cheryl Teh
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China fines tech giants for distributing sexually suggestive content featuring minors
They were fined for the distribution of "soft porn" sticker packs featuring minors and videos of un…
Vanessa Gu
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24 bottles of China's 'national liquor' Kweichow Moutai baijiu sold for a record-breaking $1.4 million
Kweichow Moutai is already one of China's most distinctive and expensive liquors, but a rare collec…
Vanessa Gu
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A Chinese online shopping site was accused of animal cruelty after shipping out $1.50 'mystery boxes' filled with live puppies and kittens, many of whom suffocated or starved in transit
The so-called mystery boxes were sold on the Chinese shopping site Taobao for $1.50 each.
Cheryl Teh
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A Chinese man rowed 112 miles across the Taiwan strait in a rubber raft, seeking 'freedom and equality'
The man rowed 10 hours across the Taiwan Strait, and told police officers who detained him that lif…
Cheryl Teh
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Fast fashion brands like Forever 21 and H&M have inspired China's latest monster trend - fast beauty brands turning out new products in record time
China's fast beauty brands - primed for quick production and lighting-fast new product development …