SHANGHAI- Chinese shoppers spent more than $1 billion in the first five minutes of Singles Day on Friday, e-commerce giant Alibaba said, in the world’s biggest online shopping promotion.

Singles’ Day -- named for the repeated digit 1 in the date November 11 -- was created by Alibaba in 2009.

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