China online auction fetches US$25,000 for Internet sensation dog


A dog became a darling of the Chinese public in 2018 when local newspapers including the Beijing Youth Daily reported that it had been left by its owner at a pet school with unpaid fees. —Photo by Jaycee Xie on Unsplash

An abandoned dog that has become an Internet sensation in China has been sold in a marathon online auction for 160,000 yuan (US$25,000/RM103,987).

The eight-year-old Shiba Inu named Deng Deng was sold by a court in Beijing for 320 times the initial asking price, according to an auction platform belonging to e-Commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd that offers livestreaming.

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