https://www.reuters.com/article/alibaba-singlesday/chinese-state-newspaper-blasts-worship-of-turnover-after-alibabas-singles-day-idUSKBN2HX07S

The focus of China's Singles' Day shopping festival should shift from a "traffic and sales war" to one of science and technology, a state-backed newspaper said on Friday, describing the "worship of turnover" as incompatible with China's new development path.