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AliExpress has about 100 French hosts who mostly promote imported Chinese products but also pitch local brands such as Auchan's Qilive. (Courtesy AliExpress)

JENS KASTNER, Contributing writer

HAMBURG, Germany -- Jennifer Friess stumbled on an ad for an online sales promotion job as she was surfing the web for work clothes a year ago.

Soon, Freiss, a model and comedian, was hosting a French livestream from Paris on Alibaba Group Holding's AliExpress app around four times a week, pitching imported Chinese appliances and other products.

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