China’s Yulin Dog Meat Festival Opens Despite Rumoured Ban

China’s notorious Yulin Dog Meat Festival opened today despite rumours that authorities would impose a ban this year. Pictures taken today shows butchers hacking slabs of canines and chefs cooking the flesh in a busy market as the locals celebrate summer solstice with dog meat feasts. Multiple insiders told MailOnline that the Yulin government issued … Read more

Singles’ Day Sales Break Records, Again

Jack Ma, president of the nation’s e-commerce giant Alibaba speaks in front of a giant screen displaying total gross merchandise volume (GMV) of Alibaba’s online marketplace Tmall for Singles’ Day shopping spree in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, Nov. 11, 2016. By 0 o’clock on Saturday, the total GMV of Tmall during Singles’ Day has … Read more