Weekend as a chance to get a jump on the Holiday Shopping, chinas single day may actually be the biggest worldwide. In fact, ecommerce behemoths ali baba expanded its single day offering to take place over 11 days this year and nearly doubled sales to more than 75 1000000000. 00. And thats ali baba alone, while black friday was once and now known for outrageous door busters that caused consumers to line up in front of Big Box Stores like target, walmart, and best buy 2019 was the 1st year in which more people shopped online than in store for the most part, sales figures have continued to trend up over the last 2 decades. But the covert 19 pandemic has thrown a wrench in the works. The fact that many stores will not have in person a bed due to the pandemic, as well as millions of americans facing unemployment and a lack of another stimulus package to put cash in a customers pockets. Has many wondering what we can expect from this Holiday Shopping season. So lets get some expert analysis
Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us is the end of a long week with not just americans but everyone following the count in the United States democracy can be a messy process and a particular intricacies of u. S. Politics have played out spectacularly in asia the country with the most at stake is china given the 2 countries rocky yet close relationship so how is china viewed and responded to the events of this week we had only in the studio to tell us more hung on any official reaction from beijing yes beijing has said that the election is the u. S. Domestic affair and that it has no position on it and thats it thats it but is there any hint that beijing preferred one candidate over now. Other well i mean in the beginning chinese leaders probably preferred mr biden because you know because of mr trump the u. S. Sino relationship has plunged to the lowest point in decades but after seeing what miss what kind of chaos mr mr trump has caused in the us i think beiji
Have held a Memorial Ceremony for the victims. Germanys Health Minister says the Health Care System could be overwhelmed if the covert caseload is not brought under control and was speaking as germany top 20000 new infections for the 1st time the virus is hitting many european states even harder now than when it was 1st arriving here. A new somber record for germany the highest number of 1000 cases ever registered in the country germany is in its 1st week of a new partial lockdown restaurants bars and leisure activities are shut down travel for tourism is strongly discouraged while shops and schools are allowed to stay open. Germanys Health Minister yes spahn said the countrys Health Care System is not currently overwhelmed but hard times are ahead if the rise in cases isnt stopped. The situation is serious the number of people requiring support in intensive care units has doubled in the past 10 days from as of today our Health System is still coping but even the best system in the wor
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That are currently in the worst shape in the states. Purple tier here that is every county except san Mateo San Francisco and marin counties for more we want to turn to crime for us to so she is live for us in contra costa. County with the latest ariza. I think the anti grand so were here in lafayette because this is a part of Contra Costa County and in a purple tier. Earlier tonight, Health Officials talked about why this step is so important. And updated mask mandate, then a travel advisory for the upcoming thanksgiving holiday. Now california officials putting into place what they are referring to as a limited stay at home order affecting all counties in the purple tier, the most restrictive level in the california reopening blueprint plan at a News Conference thursday, california secretary of health and Human Services announcing behind it. Nd the reason we knew just a couple weeks ago we were at 3. 3 . We were talking to you that about how its priming minutes rising, and it certain