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Chinese Spending on Luxury Goods, Boosting Sales Worldwide

On Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, store owners are learning Chinese. When Bond Street in London runs out of pounds, shops accept Renminbi. The People's Republic is changing the luxury market worldwide.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

On Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, store owners are learning Chinese. When Bond Street in London runs out of pounds, shops accept Renminbi. The People's Republic is changing the luxury market worldwide. Karl Gerth is Professor of Chinese History at Oxford University and author of As China Goes, So Goes the World: How Chinese Consumers are Transforming Everything.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Christian Bordal

    Managing Producer, Greater LA

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    Andrea Brody

    Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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    Karl Gerth

    Professor of Chinese History, Oxford University

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