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Man buys 68 sq.m apartment for $1.64 during China's biggest shopping festival

VnExpress ·

A man from eastern China has bought a 68-square-meter apartment in the northeastern Chinese city of Hegang for 11 yuan (US$1.64) in a Singles' Day promotion on Alibaba's asset auction platform.

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