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540.3 billion…
Yiyang Qianxi
…That’s how much gross merchandise volume in RMB Alibaba made in the first 11 days of November, 2021. This time period culminates in ‘singles day’ on November 11, China’s biggest shopping holiday. The figure is equivalent to approximately USD84.5 billion and represents an 8.5% increase on the same period of time in 2020. However, some analysts have stated that the increase is slightly lower than expected, as reported by CNN. ‘Singles day’ is believed to have started with male Chinese university students celebrating being bachelors. Nowadays, it’s more commonly associated with shopping as many mainly young people look for online bargains within a 24-hour time period. Since the shopping day began, Alibaba’s ‘singles day’ sales have only grown through their online shopping platforms such as Taobao and TMALL.
Yiyang Qianxi, also known by his English name Jackson Yee, is a Chinese pop singer who made his debut with teen idol group TFboys aged just 12 years old. Yee regularly appears on variety shows, commercials, movies and more. Recently, he released the official song for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Together for a Shared Future is the namesake of the official Winter Olympic slogan. The song was released on November 15 accompanied by a music video starring Yee, as well as showing Winter Olympic-related activities within Beijing. The Chinese capital will host the games in February and March 2022. By doing so, Beijing will become the first ‘double-Olympic city’ to have hosted both the summer and winter games.
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
“The plots will be like walking a tightrope and I want audiences to feel like they are riding a rollercoaster during the 2.5-hour performance”
Said Chinese director Yang Ting. Yang has turned the 2019 South Korean black comedy thriller movie Parasite into a stage play produced by a Chinese production team. Tickets went on sale on November 3. The play will be shown in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Shenzhen. Parasite won four awards at the 92nd Academy Awards. The movie follows the Kim family who live in an impoverished neighborhood of Seoul. Determined to find his way out of poverty, the Kims’ son Ki-woo takes a tutoring job with the wealthy Park family. However, he ends up getting slightly more than he bargains for. Thanks to Yang and her team, the story is now being brought to a Chinese audience through a stage performance starring Chinese actor Ma Tianyu and actress Hao Lei. 08 |DECEMBER 2021
