91-year-old retiree relishes online shopping spree


Express service: A courier driving an electric vehicle full of ‘Double Eleven’ packages in Beijing. — AFP

XI’AN: Ye Jundao, 91, made a long shopping list and put the preferred items, including an electric wheelchair and a box of milk powder for his wife, on the online shopping cart.

The preparation is for the “Double Eleven,” an annual shopping spree deemed the Chinese version of Black Friday.

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