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Alibaba, the Amazon of China, created the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition to fight against counterfeits. See how this alliance is playing off. Read More

Chinese state media is reporting that the World Luxury Association has been accused of fraud by the Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce, and the organization's license is expected to be revoked by July 6. Read More

Casting the endeavor as the “Milan Plan,” the International Textile and Garment Center in Shishi, Fujian province, aims to build a fashion capital in the image of the Italian fashion capital. Read More

One of the big stories this week in China's luxury market was the possibility that Beijing may soon lower China's notoriously high luxury taxes, which can tack upwards of 30-40 percent onto the price of imported high-end goods. Read More

Perhaps looking to cash in on the propensity of more cosmopolitan, urban Chinese to give expensive or boutique chocolate as gifts (and, increasingly, to eat for themselves), Belgian chocolate giant Godiva has aggressively sought expansion in the Chinese market. Read More

It's the time of year for a final burst of top ten lists, and today China Daily duly posted their top books of 2009, including some authors notorious among Chinese readers but little known outside of the country (and a few others holding the opposite distinction). Read More

Zhang Yimou, arguably China's top filmmaker, has been named as one of an elite group of arts mentors by the Rolex Group. Zhang's protege, whomever he or she happens to be, should be in for an interesting ride over the next year. Read More

Luxury concierge clubs, popular among celebrities for years, have made their way to China, where the country's super-rich are eager to go beyond showing their wealth simply by driving a Bentley or jetting to Europe for shopping sprees. Read More

Although the new exhibition by Chinese contemporary artist Zhang Xiaogang at Pace Beijing wraps up next week, China Daily has posted an excellent video that gives a glimpse of Zhang's dramatic new turn to those of us who can't make it to Beijing to see it ourselves. Read More