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Premium sports competitions fuel holiday spending, new trends
05 October 2026

Premium sports competitions fuel holiday spending, new trends

The Beijing Hour

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International sporting events during the National Day holiday such as the World Table Tennis China Smash and the tennis China Open are helping drive spending with the "ticket-stub economy (01:17)." Yemen's government forces are fighting the Houthis in an attempt to reclaim territory from the group (11:44). And Spain is holding an early general election on November 29 after parliament rejected two government decrees amid a housing crisis (21:39).