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GLOBALink | Encountering past and future of Beijing in "blind boxes" Xinhua 03 May 2021, 23:18 GMT+10 BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhua) -- An exhibition is staged in central Beijing to showcase the culture and history of the city by way of "digital blind boxes." The exhibition, named "The heart of Beijing: city mystery box," is held at Wangfujing, an iconic shopping street in downtown Beijing. Blind boxes with various themes can be seen at the exhibition. At the "Chinese-chic box", visitors can experienc...

Sunday, 02 May 2021 07:58 AM MYT Music student Wang Zhaoxue showing the ‘blind box’ toys she collected, during an interview at her home in Beijing. — AFP pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. BEIJING, May 2 — Tiny unicorns and cartoon girls in clown costumes line the shelves of Wang Zhaoxue’s study in Beijing — tokens of China’s mania for “blind boxes” that has made fortunes for toymakers and even caught the attention of those i...

Flying Blind: Domestic Travel App to Release RMB 98 One-Way Tickets, but Theres a Catch Apr 22, 2021 8:30 am | Add a comment | 85 reads Over the past year or so, the "blind box" phenomenon has swept across China. Whats a blind box you ask? Well, its essentially when someone pays money to receive an unknown product; i.e. blindly purchasing whatever is in a box. Its somewhat akin to a game show contestant who chooses between winning a car, or taking...

OnePlus and Deutsche Telekom will hold a OnePlus 9 blind sale tomorrow Rumor has it that OnePlus and Deutsche Telekom have partnered up to do a blind sale of the upcoming OnePlus 9 series starting tomorrow, just like they did last year. As usual, the blind box will be loaded with more accessories than the standard retail package, but the exact contents are unknown. Also, people who participate in the blind sale will get their phones 24 hours before those who take part in the regular pre-orders....

Pop Marts trendy toys gain popularity among the worlds young female consumers Even till the end of September 2019, Beijing-headquartered Pop Mart, a company that makes trendy toys packaged randomly in what are called blind boxes or mystery boxes, hardly had any cross-border e-commerce presence. Fast forward to last years Singles Day shopping festival from Nov 1 to Nov 11－Pop Mart topped the sales in the action and toy figures category on AliExpress, a cross-border e-commerce platform based in...

Chinese millennials’ craze for toys spawns multimillion-dollar industry in blind boxes, drawing calls to curb speculation Market for blind boxes could grow to 25 billion yuan (US$3.8 billion) in 2025 from about 3 billion yuan in 2019, according to Qianzhan Intelligence China’s toymakers bet on the country’s 500 million young consumers, flush with disposable income and willing to spend on indulgences, to fuel the market