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Taobao's 'Ugly' Product Sales Top 230 Million Yuan as China's Young Shoppers Embrace the Bizarre
Cumulative sales of "ugly" or "bizarre" goods on Taobao, Alibaba's e-commerce platform, have passed 230 million yuan (US$34.3 million) since 2020, as young Chinese consumers snap up quirky items for their humour and character.
When Taobao Asked for Nonsense Photos, Chinese Youth Delivered Art
A Taobao contest soliciting 'abstract and inexplicable' photos drew a flood of serious compositions, as Chinese Gen Z users masked high-level photography with ironic self-deprecation.