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An attendee tries out a facial recognition system for Ant Financial Services Group's Alipay mobile payment platform at Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s annual November 11 Singles' Day online shopping event in Shenzhen, China, on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. Alibaba broke its $14 billion Singles' Day sales record with room to spare, offering assurances about the strength of the Chinese consumer despite the nation's economic slowdown. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images

An attendee tries out a facial recognition system for Ant Financial Services Group's Alipay mobile payment platform at Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s annual November 11 Singles' Day online shopping event in Shenzhen, China, on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. Alibaba broke its $14 billion Singles' Day sales record with room to spare, offering assurances about the strength of the Chinese consumer despite the nation's economic slowdown. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images