E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding expects to achieve a record 1 billion orders in 24 hours during Singles’ Day on November 11, as the company pulls together its entire retail ecosystem in China and overseas to participate in the world’s largest online shopping festival this year.
![‘A chip is small [like the honey badger], and we hope that such a small thing will produce great power,’ said Alibaba chief technology officer Jeff Zhang](https://cdn1.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/300x187/public/images/methode/2018/09/20/704884e0-bc86-11e8-8bc4-fc59ff6846aa_image_hires_171310.jpg?itok=Dti-M6Cr "‘A chip is small [like the honey badger], and we hope that such a small thing will produce great power,’ said Alibaba chief technology officer Jeff Zhang")
