Singles Day shopping spree smashes record in China

The world’s biggest online shopping spree Singles Day has opened in China and it’s already breaking records.

The world’s biggest online shopping spree Singles Day has opened in China and it’s already breaking records.

The e-commerce giant Alibaba says sales topped $1.5bn in just the first three minutes of the shopping bonanza opening.

Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports from Beijing.