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World Common Cup Day leads today's complete edition for China.
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A day for tea, coffee, water, juice, and the conversations that begin when someone offers another person a drink.
Originally a holiday for singles invented by university students in the 1990s because the number 1 looks like a lonely person. Then Alibaba turned it into the biggest shopping day on Earth. 24 hours of deals, countdown shows, and more packages delivered than some countries handle in a year. The irony of a holiday for lonely people becoming a celebration of consumerism is not lost on anyone.
