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Warehouse war erupts in duty-free paradise Hainan

The tax-free island of Hainan, located at the tip of the Leizhou Peninsula in the Gulf of Tonkin.
The tax-free island of Hainan, located at the tip of the Leizhou Peninsula in the Gulf of Tonkin. © Studio Pachamama
As the only remaining shopping haven in a mostly closed China, the tax-free island of Hainan has become the world's busiest sales point for luxury giants, even in the midst of the country's recent new wave of Covid-19. But those spending surges are causing supply chain bottlenecks, sending logistics operators scrambling to open storage sites on the island. [...]
Published on 20.10.2022 at 05:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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